Forums Scripts & Popups Sockread not working?!?

Im trying to connect to gmail by pop3...

But socket not reading anything, tried several scripts to read emails and none is working.
but Sockread is working on webpages )port 80)

alias /Email {
.sockclose mail
.timer 1 3 .sockopen mail pop.gmail.com 995
}

ON *:SOCKOPEN:mail: {
.echo Open!
}
ON *:SOCKREAD:mail: {
if ($sockerr) { echo -s Error! | return }
var %mail.data
.sockread %mail.data
.echo -s %mail.data
}
ON *:SOCKCLOSE:mail: {
.echo -s Closed!
}

with echo i only get:
Open!
Closed!

Why sockread not working?

I've never trying socketing emails, but generally you have to send specific header information when socketing things. This is done in the sockopen event.

sockopen -e pop.gmail.com 995 because gmail using SSL, you also must install OpenSSL, check: //echo -a $sslready

Well one thing I've noticed is on your on *:SOCKOPEN: event you need to add the proper header information in that event. Your on *:SOCKREAD event will not return anything if you don't input the proper infomation in the on *:SOCKOPEN event.

i.e.

NOTE that <info here> is only a example, and is not a suitable form to enter when using the GET syntax in sockets.

Example of sockwrite GET


It helps so set a variable in the calling alias with the GET information and use the variable in the <info here> slot.



Or something of that design. You need to figure out how gmail works with the sockets first. But using something similiar to above, your sockread event just might return something.

try:
/help sockets

You also do not need the . prefix in this script. The "." prefix is for halt default text on a command. In a script if you did



You would not see the "You are now known as Speedo-Torpedo." no text will pop up. Same with the /fullname command. To execute a command quietly outside of a script use //.command