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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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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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.

set mailman = CreateObject("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) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Perform one or more mailbox operations within this single session.
outFile.WriteLine("Mailbox count: " & mailman.GetMailboxCount())

'  End the session when finished.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("POP3 session completed.")

outFile.Close