SendCommand Method

Sends user-defined text to POP3 server.

You may use this method to send specific POP3 commands to the server. You must have some knowledge of POP3 protocol for using this method. Keep in mind the following considerations:

Most commands must end with CRLF pair (vbCrLf constant in Visual Basic and ASP)
POP3 server can produce positive response in different formats (single-line and multi-line). You must choose proper format for positive response using ExpectMultilineResponse parameter. The format is dependent on which command was issued. Most commands produce single-line response. RETR and TOP commands always produce multi-line response. LIST and UIDL commands produce multi-line response when used without parameters. If LIST or UDIL is called with a parameter, single-line response is returned
If the command failed, POP3 server returns negative response that is always single-line. ExpectMultilineResponse parameter does not affect this
To determine whether the command was successful, use IsError property of the POP3 object

strResult = ObjectName.SendCommand(Command)


Parameters:
Command As String	Text to be sent. This text must be properly formatted POP3 command
ExpectMultilineResponse As Boolean	(optional) If True, it is expected POP3 server will reply with a multi-line positive response to the given command. Default is False

Return value As String	Response from POP3 server to the custom command

Usage example:

Dim Mailer
'Using visual basic to create object
Set Mailer = CreateObject("MailBee.POP3")
'Using ASP to create object
'Set Mailer = Server.CreateObject("MailBee.POP3")
'In ASP use Response.Write instead of MsgBox
Mailer.LicenseKey = "put your license key here"
Mailer.Connect "mailserver.com", 110, "MyName", "MyPassword"
If Mailer.Connected Then
  If Mailer.MessageCount > 0 Then
    Mailer.DeleteMessage 1 ' Mark the message for deletion
    Mailer.SendCommand "rset" & vbCrLf  ' Unmark messages marked for deletion
  End If
  Mailer.Disconnect
End If

See Also:

IsError Property