PHP ActiveX

Explicitly Begin a POP3 Session

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.Pop3BeginSession method, which explicitly begins a POP3 session by connecting to the POP3 server and authenticating using the current POP3 property settings. Calling it is optional. This example begins a session, performs a mailbox operation, and ends the session.

Background: Pop3BeginSession combines connecting and authenticating into one call. Chilkat does this automatically when a mailbox operation needs it, so the value of calling it explicitly is control: you open one session, perform several operations against it, and close it with Pop3EndSession — avoiding repeated connect/authenticate round trips and keeping deletion marks within a single, well-defined session.

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<?php

$success = 0;

//  Demonstrates the MailMan.Pop3BeginSession method, which explicitly begins a POP3 session
//  by connecting to the POP3 server and authenticating using the current POP3 property
//  settings.

$mailman = new COM("Chilkat.MailMan");

//  Configure the POP3 server connection.
$mailman->MailHost = 'pop.example.com';
$mailman->MailPort = 995;
$mailman->PopSsl = 1;
$mailman->PopUsername = 'user@example.com';
$mailman->PopPassword = 'myPassword';

//  Explicitly begin the POP3 session (connect + authenticate).

$success = $mailman->Pop3BeginSession();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Perform one or more mailbox operations within this single session.
print 'Mailbox count: ' . $mailman->GetMailboxCount() . "\n";

//  End the session when finished.
$success = $mailman->Pop3EndSession();
if ($success == 0) {
    print $mailman->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'POP3 session completed.' . "\n";

?>