Making a POP3 Client

In today's computing world, most people rely on such programs as Microsoft Outlook or Eudora to handle all their email wants. But what happens when you need to seriously customize the way it works? OK, so Outlook now supports VBA scripting, but that still leaves you having to have Outlook installed and handle its object model. In this article, I will teach you the basics of communicating with a POP3 internet server, and reading mail.