Do I search emails on mailbox server using .NET

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Hi,

I need to search email's on mailbox sever with the given criteria. My criteria will be based on email-id,email-subject and some body keywords.

Can I do this using .net. Please share your ideas.

Regards,
YRishi

What I have tried:

checked on google but didn't get any related answer.

Posted 8-Jun-17 22:31pm

yrishi

Updated 9-Jun-17 23:33pm

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Richard MacCutchan 9-Jun-17 4:33am

It depends on the server and whether it provides an interface that allows you to search messages.

yrishi 9-Jun-17 4:55am

Thanks Richard for your response. I will check with the server details.

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NightWizzard · Answer 1 · 2017-06-09T23:33:00

Yes you can! To query mail informations from a mail server you have to make use of POP3 or IMAP protocols (depending on what the server is supporting).

The protocols are described in
RFC 1939 (POP3) [^]
and RFC 3501 (IMAP) [^]

You can write it completely on your own using the .NET libraries System.Net.Sockets and System.Net.Security or use any of the ready to use components (there are also free components available).