function login ($login = "", $pass = "") {
        // Sends both user and pass. Returns # of msgs in mailbox or
        // false on failure (or -1, if the error occurs while getting
        // the number of messages.)

        if( !isset($this->FP) ) {
            $this->ERROR = "POP3 login: " . _("No connection to server");
            return false;
        } else {
            $fp = $this->FP;
            if( !$this->user( $login ) ) {
                //  Preserve the error generated by user()
                return false;
            } else {
                $count = $this->pass($pass);
                if( (!$count) || ($count == -1) ) {
                    //  Preserve the error generated by last() and pass()
                    return false;
                } else
                    return $count;
            }
        }
    }