React Native

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:

React Native

import { MailMan } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  const 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 {
    await mailman.pop3ConnectAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(mailman.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Authenticate..
  try {
    await mailman.pop3AuthenticateAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(mailman.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Find out how many emails are on the server..
  const numEmails = await mailman.checkMailAsync();
  if (numEmails < 0) {
    console.log(mailman.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Examine the POP3 session log:
  console.log(mailman.pop3SessionLog);

  // End the POP3 session and close the connection to the POP3 server.
  try {
    await mailman.pop3EndSessionAsync();
  } catch {
    console.log(mailman.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  console.log('-- Finished.');

  // 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.
  // 
}