- 1). Import the pop libraries for the Python program. In the text editor, enter
#!/usr/bin/python
import poplib
This sets up the Python program by including the files necessary to connect to a POP3 email server (such as Hotmail's) (Source 1). - 2). Use the Python POP3 libraries to connect to the server. Use the following code to connect to the Hotmail server:
connect = poplib.POP3_SSL('pop3.live.com', 995)
The "connect" variable now references an instance of a POP3 object, which carries the proper connection information for Hotmail POP servers (Source 2). - 3). Use the "connect" variable to connect to the server using user credentials by entering the following after declaring the connect variable:
connect.user('fullusername@hotmail.com')
connect.pass_('password')
The Hotmail user name must be the full user name followed by "@hotmail.com" (Source 2). - 4). Check to ensure that the connection is made with an exception block (remember to indent properly after "try" and "except" blocks):
try:
connect.user('fullusername@hotmail.com')
connect.pass_('password')
except:
print "nope"
else:
print "yes"
If "yes" prints to the terminal after running the program, then a successful connection was made (Source 1).
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