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Send a Raw POP3 Command

Demonstrates the Chilkat MailMan.Pop3SendRawCommand method, which sends a raw command to the POP3 server and returns the server's response. The second argument specifies the charset to use if the command contains non-US-ASCII characters. This example sends the POP3 STAT command within an open session.

Background: POP3 is a simple line-based text protocol — the client sends short commands like STAT, LIST, UIDL, or RETR and the server replies with +OK or -ERR. This method is an escape hatch for issuing a command Chilkat doesn't wrap directly, or a server-specific extension. Note that the session must already be open, since a raw command assumes an authenticated connection.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

#  Demonstrates the MailMan.Pop3SendRawCommand method, which sends a raw command to the POP3
#  server and returns the server's response.  The second argument is the charset used if the
#  command contains non-US-ASCII characters.

$mailman = New-Object Chilkat.MailMan

#  Configure the POP3 server connection.
$mailman.MailHost = "pop.example.com"
$mailman.MailPort = 995
$mailman.PopSsl = $true
$mailman.PopUsername = "user@example.com"
$mailman.PopPassword = "myPassword"

$success = $mailman.Pop3BeginSession()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Send the raw POP3 STAT command, which returns the message count and maildrop size.
$response = $mailman.Pop3SendRawCommand("STAT","us-ascii")
if ($mailman.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("STAT response: " + $response)

$success = $mailman.Pop3EndSession()
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($mailman.LastErrorText)
    exit
}