Java tutorial
import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.InputStream; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.io.OutputStream; import java.io.PrintWriter; import java.net.Socket; public class POP3Demo { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { int POP3Port = 110; Socket client = new Socket("127.0.0.1", POP3Port); InputStream is = client.getInputStream(); BufferedReader sockin = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is)); OutputStream os = client.getOutputStream(); PrintWriter sockout = new PrintWriter(os, true); String cmd = "user Smith"; sockout.println(cmd); String reply = sockin.readLine(); cmd = "pass "; sockout.println(cmd + "popPassword"); reply = sockin.readLine(); cmd = "stat"; sockout.println(cmd); reply = sockin.readLine(); if (reply == null) return; cmd = "retr 1"; sockout.println(cmd); if (cmd.toLowerCase().startsWith("retr") && reply.charAt(0) == '+') do { reply = sockin.readLine(); System.out.println("S:" + reply); if (reply != null && reply.length() > 0) if (reply.charAt(0) == '.') break; } while (true); cmd = "quit"; sockout.println(cmd); client.close(); } }