PHP

Test HotMail POP3 (pop3.live.com or pop-mail.outlook.com)

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Demonstrates connecting and authenticating to pop3.live.com. Make sure to enable POP3 access, as shown here:

Chilkat2 PHP

<?php

use Chilkat2\MailMan;

// This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$mailman = new MailMan();

// Connection settings for pop3.live.com (or pop-mail.outlook.com, both should work)
$mailman->MailHost = 'pop-mail.outlook.com';
$mailman->MailHost = 'pop3.live.com';

$mailman->PopUsername = 'my_account@live.com';
$mailman->PopPassword = 'my_live.com_password';
$mailman->MailPort = 995;
$mailman->PopSsl = true;

// Make the TLS connection to the POP3 server.
try {
    $mailman->Pop3Connect();

    // Authenticate..
    $mailman->Pop3Authenticate();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

// Find out how many emails are on the server..
$numEmails = $mailman->CheckMail();
if ($numEmails < 0) {
    echo $mailman->LastErrorText, "\n";
    exit;
}

// Examine the POP3 session log:
echo $mailman->Pop3SessionLog, "\n";

// End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
try {
    $mailman->Pop3EndSession();
} catch (\Chilkat2\Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
    exit;
}

echo "-- Finished.\n";

// The output of this program:

//     **** Connected to pop3.live.com:995
//     < +OK DUB006-POP206 POP3 server ready
//     > USER chilkat@live.com
//     < +OK password required
//     > PASS ****
//     < +OK User successfully authenticated. [AuthResult=0 Proxy=CY1PR17MB0630.namprd17.prod.outlook.com:1995:SSL]
//     > STAT
//     < +OK 46 3980488
//
//     -- Finished.
//