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Pop3ClientConnect(String, Int32, SecureSocketOptions, CancellationToken) Method

Establish a connection to the specified POP3 or POP3/S server.

Namespace: MailKit.Net.Pop3
Assembly: MailKit (in MailKit.dll) Version: 4.7.1
Syntax
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public override void Connect(
	string host,
	int port = 0,
	SecureSocketOptions options = SecureSocketOptions.Auto,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = default
)

Parameters

host  String
The host name to connect to.
port  Int32  (Optional)
The port to connect to. If the specified port is 0, then the default port will be used.
options  SecureSocketOptions  (Optional)
The secure socket options to when connecting.
cancellationToken  CancellationToken  (Optional)
The cancellation token.

Implements

IMailServiceConnect(String, Int32, SecureSocketOptions, CancellationToken)
IMailServiceConnect(String, Int32, SecureSocketOptions, CancellationToken)
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullExceptionhost is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionport is not between 0 and 65535.
ArgumentException The host is a zero-length string.
ObjectDisposedException The Pop3Client has been disposed.
InvalidOperationException The Pop3Client is already connected.
OperationCanceledException The operation was canceled via the cancellation token.
NotSupportedExceptionoptions was set to StartTls and the POP3 server does not support the STLS extension.
SocketException A socket error occurred trying to connect to the remote host.
SslHandshakeException An error occurred during the SSL/TLS negotiations.
IOException An I/O error occurred.
Pop3CommandException A POP3 command failed.
Pop3ProtocolException A POP3 protocol error occurred.
Remarks

Establishes a connection to the specified POP3 or POP3/S server.

If the port has a value of 0, then the options parameter is used to determine the default port to connect to. The default port used with SslOnConnect is 995. All other values will use a default port of 110.

If the options has a value of Auto, then the port is used to determine the default security options. If the port has a value of 995, then the default options used will be SslOnConnect. All other values will use StartTlsWhenAvailable.

Once a connection is established, properties such as AuthenticationMechanisms and Capabilities will be populated.

Example
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public static void DownloadMessages ()
{
    using (var client = new Pop3Client ()) {
        client.Connect ("pop.gmail.com", 995, SecureSocketOptions.SslOnConnect);

        client.Authenticate ("username", "password");

        for (int i = 0; i < client.Count; i++) {
            var message = client.GetMessage (i);

            // write the message to a file
            message.WriteTo (string.Format ("{0}.msg", i));

            // mark the message for deletion
            client.DeleteMessage (i);
        }

        client.Disconnect (true);
    }
}
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