Xojo Plugin

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 success As Boolean
success = False

//  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.

Dim mailman As New 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"

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

success = mailman.Pop3BeginSession()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

//  Perform one or more mailbox operations within this single session.
System.DebugLog("Mailbox count: " + Str(mailman.GetMailboxCount()))

//  End the session when finished.
success = mailman.Pop3EndSession()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(mailman.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("POP3 session completed.")