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Create and Send An Email Reply in C# / VB.NET

by JosipK, Marko Kozlina

C# and VB.NET console applications that demonstrate how to create and send an email reply with IMAP and SMTP protocols in .NET Framework

Robust Daemon Monitoring Inbox with MailKit w/ OAuth2

by Chris_Green

It all started with an email sent to a daemon. A windows service hosting two modules, each of which monitors an inbox for automation, dutifully ignored warnings from IT that basic authentication for O365 would be switched off in several months. This is how we solved it.

The Dew Review - Taking a Look at the Latest Release of Aspose.Email

by Alvin Ashcraft

The Latest Release of Aspose.Email

Authentication Using IMAP

by Syed M Hussain

Authenticating an application using IMAP

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Robust Daemon Monitoring Inbox with MailKit w/ OAuth2

by Chris_Green

It all started with an email sent to a daemon. A windows service hosting two modules, each of which monitors an inbox for automation, dutifully ignored warnings from IT that basic authentication for O365 would be switched off in several months. This is how we solved it.

Create and Send An Email Reply in C# / VB.NET

by JosipK, Marko Kozlina

C# and VB.NET console applications that demonstrate how to create and send an email reply with IMAP and SMTP protocols in .NET Framework

vmime.NET - Smtp, Pop3, Imap Library (for C++ and .NET)

by Elmue

With this project, C++ and .NET Windows programmers get a very versatile library to send and download emails via SMTP, POP3 and IMAP with TLS and SSL support.

The Dew Review - Taking a Look at the Latest Release of Aspose.Email

by Alvin Ashcraft

The Latest Release of Aspose.Email

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Create and Send An Email Reply in C# / VB.NET

15 Jun 2016 by JosipK, Marko Kozlina

C# and VB.NET console applications that demonstrate how to create and send an email reply with IMAP and SMTP protocols in .NET Framework

How do I connect imap.gmail.com

3 Nov 2015 by Richard MacCutchan

See https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78775?hl=en[^].

Retrieve emails using IMAPX VB.NET

10 Jan 2018 by Jochen Arndt

You have already asked in the article forum (Building custom email client in WPF using C#[^]). Please be a little patient. I think that the author will answer (he is still active her at CP but might not login daily). He also gots a notification mail about your forum post so that he knows about...

Robust Daemon Monitoring Inbox with MailKit w/ OAuth2

22 Sep 2022 by Chris_Green

It all started with an email sent to a daemon. A windows service hosting two modules, each of which monitors an inbox for automation, dutifully ignored warnings from IT that basic authentication for O365 would be switched off in several months. This is how we solved it.

Read Email from Gmail Server using EAGetMail component

19 Aug 2013 by kalisiddayya

i want to unread mail from gmail accout created in google app.i try to read the mail.connection is established but email it is should 0.MailServer oServer = new MailServer("pop.gmail.com", "alpha@convate.com", "Siddhu@1", ServerProtocol.Pop3);MailClient oClient = new...

Read Email from Gmail Server using EAGetMail component

19 Aug 2013 by Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

Refer - C# - Retrieve Email from Gmail Account[^].Quote:Because Gmail POP3 server doesn't work like normal POP3 server, it hides old emails automatically even the email was not deleted, so we suggest that you use IMAP4 protocol.Please go through the code example and use Gmail IMAP4 server.

Accessing Gmail Via IMAP

9 Oct 2013 by raghav.softobiz

Hello Guys,I am trying to read gmail emails via imap but whenever I connect to imap then I will get this errorAn existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote hostHere is my code Imap4Client imap = new Imap4Client(); imap.Connecting += new...

Accessing Gmail Via IMAP

9 Oct 2013 by codestar007

It could be firewall problem, or you have made too many connections to the server.Check the below link oncehttp://forums.asp.net/t/1440964.aspx[^]

HELP ME ABOUT UIDL IN EMAIL

8 Nov 2013 by Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ)

Refer- Unique Identifier (UIDL) in POP3/IMAP4/Exchange Web Service/WebDAV protocol[^]Quote:Using Unique Identifier (UIDL)The mail server assigns an unique identifier for every email in the same account. You can get the UIDL for every email by MailInfo.UIDL property. To avoid to receive the...

Imap Command to delete a mail message with a message ID

13 Nov 2013 by gouravkaila

Hi,I need help to delete a mail message based on some condition in c#.i found something like below on some search on internet-imap.Command("copy " + ids[i].ToString() + " [Gmail]/" + action_flag);this seems to be copying it to some folder, not delete.Is there any way to...

Imap Command to delete a mail message with a message ID

13 Nov 2013 by Bernhard Hiller

You have to store the message, and the call expunge.The store command looks like:_CommandText = string.Format("{0} STORE {1} +FLAGS (\\DELETED)\r\n", CommandPrefix, sequenceNumber);with CommandPrefix being the number of the call, and sequenceNumber the number of the mail messageThe...

How can I retrieve a list of emails from imap or pop3 servers in android?

7 Jan 2014 by wernkebm

I cannot seem to find, online, the resources that describe how to interact with gmail (or any email provider), other than sending emails. I would like to know how to receive the emails, using pop3 or imap protocol. Can anyone help?

Fetch Gmail messages and respond accordingly...

17 Mar 2014 by Zeeshan17

Hi,I looking to build gmail messaging app using php.My requirement is as follows:- Be able to display and respond to Gmail messagesShould be able to see all of the Gmail messages as well as be able to respond to all of them correctly.- The three primary objectives are as...

The Dew Review - Taking a Look at the Latest Release of Aspose.Email

2 Jun 2014 by Alvin Ashcraft

The Latest Release of Aspose.Email

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Android - Reading email throught imap/pop3 programmatically

4 Aug 2014 by tieugiang94

In android. How to read emails through pop3/imap protocols ?THe email provider maybe gmail, yahoo, exchange server..v.v..

PHP Imap to fetch new mails

13 Aug 2014 by Zeeshan17

Hi,I have developed a generic mail system that uses PHP Imap to fetch mails from specific mail providers like Gmail,Yahoo,Hotmail and other.Here i am making use of ImapMailbox Library from here...[^]Now i want check for new mails in mailbox and show them in my system,this needs to be...

Accessing Gmail Via IMAP

20 Mar 2015 by Sujith Karivelil

You can refer this article. Download Mail Details With attachment using IMAP[^]

Accessing Gmail Via IMAP

20 Mar 2015 by debasish mishra

You can use Imapx Libraries.Using these libraries worked for me.The best one in IMAP i believe.http://imapx.codeplex.com/[^] If you are using these type of dlls and connecting to Gmail server then may be your organization firewall is blocking the inbound and outbound calls.This might be...

Failed to get mail body of outlook 2010 when mail is configured with IMAP setting

9 Jul 2015 by Member 11516051

Hello,I wrote add-in code for outlook. I configured my email in outlook with IMAP setting. Whenever new mail event occured I am unable to get mail body (HTML/Plain)text. It creating a problem in Put_mail() function as well. Please guide me to resolve problemThanks In advanced.

Failed to get mail body of outlook 2010 when mail is configured with IMAP setting

9 Jul 2015 by Member 11516051

Hello Richard,This is my code. When my outlook email is configured with IMAP setting. (imap.gmail.com and stmp.gmail.com ). At that time ,bstrBody get retrieve with NULL. But (HRESULT)hr value as S_OK. So I am not getting where the problem arise. Same thing happened for put_mail()...

How do I connect imap.gmail.com

3 Nov 2015 by Member 12010067

When I want to connect the imap.gmail.com with ssl, It did not work in sslStream.AuthenticateAsClient("imap.gmail.com") , The program stop here. Here is my code:var m_oImapServ = new TcpClient("imap.gmail.com", "995");var sslStrm = new SslStream(m_oImapServ.GetStream(),false); ...

Read gmail emails using imap

28 Aug 2017 by Heba Kamel

Hi, I want to read gmail emails by using imapI got those code from searching using (Imap imap = new Imap()){ imap.Connect("imap.gmail.com"); // or ConnectSSL imap.UseBestLogin("********@gmail.com", "*******"); imap.SelectInbox(); List uids =...

Read gmail emails using imap

21 Nov 2015 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

The message you see mostly means that you have a blocked port in your way to the server...The port here is 143 (the default port for not-secured IMAP protocol)...It is also very possible that you need to use port 993 (the port for secured IMAP protocol) as Google request secured connection...

How can I get all mail in data grid view in C# windows form application s22.imap

9 May 2016 by Mehran Shafqat

hello every one im working on a project now i have issue. im using s22.imap library now i can gent first unseen mail and show in text box i want to get first 10 or all unseen email in data grid view is it possible please help how can i do this ?What I have tried:using (ImapClient...

How can I get all mail in data grid view in C# windows form application s22.imap

9 May 2016 by jonhy05

Use var firstTen = client.GetMessages(uids.Take(10), FetchOptions.TextOnly)foreach(MailMessage msg in firstTen){ // ... your code here}(untested)

Not able to write on CD /DVD after erasing data using IMAPI 2.0 C++.

18 Jul 2016 by Member 12373848

Req Is : I need to check if CD/DVD RW is having data, if yes need to delete data and write on it new data after deletion.I am able to delete data but not able to write after that.Please provide a sample code in C++ for deletion and burning CD/DVD using IMAPI 2.0.What I have tried:I...

Not able to write on CD /DVD after erasing data using IMAPI 2.0 C++.

14 Jul 2016 by OriginalGriff

Um...CD and DVD are not re-writable devices: once you write to the physical media that's it, it can't be changed subsequently, even with a burner (That's not quite true, IIRC you can change 0s to 1s but not 1s to 0s - or vice versa, I can't remember offhand)You can if they are CDRW or DVDRW...

How to monitor progress of burn using IMAPI 2.0 and pass updates to java

26 Oct 2016 by Member 12373848

I am creating a dll using IMAPI 2.0 with C++, can anyone help in how to monitor progress of burn & conitinuously send updates from dll to Java.What I have tried:I was trying to attach IDiscFormat2Data Event to burn thread. But how send this update continuosly to Java.

How to load and call a MFC DLL from java?

26 Oct 2016 by Member 12373848

How to call a MFC dll from Java. So that it feels as if Java launched the MFC UI.I am developing a MFC dll using IMAPI 2.0 with C++ to burn data on DVD/CD. I want to call this dll from Java & hence the run MFC dll with its UI. This will help in monitoring the burn process.What I have...

How to load and call a MFC DLL from java?

26 Oct 2016 by KarstenK

You must correct initialize the MFC runtime before the first use, like it is here described.For updating the UI you must implement an interface function with JNI to the MFC-dll, in which the update (as message parameter) the signaled. Because the JRE/JNI and the MFC are in different...

How to monitor progress of burn using IMAPI 2.0 and pass updates to java

26 Oct 2016 by KarstenK

The easiest way is to setup a timer in java and poll for the actual status in C++. It makes a lot sense to poll "only once" in a second.

How to load and call a MFC DLL from java?

26 Oct 2016 by Richard MacCutchan

See jni mfc - Google Search[^].Also, you already posted this question at How to monitor progress of burn using IMAPI 2.0 and pass updates to java[^]. Please do not repost.

How can I make my email show only one time per email?

29 Jun 2017 by Member 13285748

I've been making a Python script which checks for emails since logging in. Here is my code so far: #!/usr/bin/python import imaplib, getpass mail = imaplib.IMAP4_SSL('imap.gmail.com') u = raw_input('Your Gmail Address: ') p = getpass.getpass() mail.login(u, p) mail.select("inbox") while 1: ...

[ALERT] too many simultaneous connections error while using mailsystem.net with gmail

1 Nov 2017 by Mcbaloo

I'm trying to use the MailSystem.Net to retrieve mails from my gmail account but i get the above error. I have just follow through an example online to make a demo application as a window service. I tried to log the errors to a folder and after running the service i get the above error...

[ALERT] too many simultaneous connections error while using mailsystem.net with gmail

1 Nov 2017 by Jochen Arndt

It looks like connections are not closed (disconnected) when not used anymore. To know how to do that you should read the documentation of the used Imap4Client class. I would expect that connections are closed in the Imap4Client destructor. But even then it would be better to disconnect...

Retrieve emails using IMAPX VB.NET

11 Jan 2018 by Member 13336882

I tried to follow this article What i am trying to do is retrieve emails using IMAPX.The problem is, when i create a class to handle all the function using this code : Imports System Imports System.Collections.Generic Imports System.Linq Imports System.Text Imports System.Threading.Tasks...

Retrieve emails using IMAPX VB.NET

11 Jan 2018 by Richard Deeming

For the second problem, your converted code is slightly off. VB.NET uses AddHandler[^] to wire up event handlers, not the += syntax that C# uses. AddHandler client.Folders.Inbox.OnNewMessagesArrived, AddressOf Inbox_OnNewMessagesArrived

Can't get email folder name using IMAPX VB.NET

6 Feb 2018 by Member 13336882

I am using this code to get the list of email folders : Class emailFolder Public Property Title As String End Class Public Shared Function GetFolders() As List(Of emailFolder) Dim folder = New List(Of emailFolder) Dim foldername =...

Can't get email folder name using IMAPX VB.NET

6 Feb 2018 by Jochen Arndt

You have an inner loop (foreach subfolder In subfolders) but create the name always from the parentFolder. So it should be (untested) ' Optionally add parent folder always here 'folder.Add(New emailFolder With {.Title = parentFolder.Name}) If parentFolder.HasChildren Then Dim subfolders =...

How to download emails using IMAPX

3 Mar 2018 by aousaf rshid

I just started using the open-source library called IMAPX to interact with my IMAP mailbox.I am following this article on CodeProject -https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/1083307/Building-custom-email-client-in-WPF-using-Csharp .I can login properly and retrieve the email folders.But the...

How to download emails using IMAPX

3 Mar 2018 by RickZeeland

I have tried several Imap libraries, but none would work correctly with Outlook 365, Gmail sometimes works. The best I found so far is GitHub - jstedfast/MailKit: A cross-platform .NET library for IMAP, POP3, and SMTP.[^] The tutorial can be found here: Introduction[^]

Authentication Using IMAP

27 May 2014 by Syed M Hussain

Authenticating an application using IMAP

vmime.NET - Smtp, Pop3, Imap Library (for C++ and .NET)

20 Aug 2014 by Elmue

With this project, C++ and .NET Windows programmers get a very versatile library to send and download emails via SMTP, POP3 and IMAP with TLS and SSL support.

Accessing Gmail Via IMAP

20 Mar 2015 by Member 11541259

hello guys i need help about accessing gmail unread mails and after getting send these to gsm mobile as a message plz help methanx

HELP ME ABOUT UIDL IN EMAIL

8 Nov 2013 by alex giulio

hi everybody all over the world!I were coding a project which using Imap to get mail from server. When get down it , i see UIDL property but i don't know deeply about it. if any one know this, please help me! thank you so much!

Read Email from Gmail Server using EAGetMail component

19 Sep 2014 by Daniel Rios M

/*HOW TO GET Just the UNREAD EMAILS*/ MailClient oClient = new MailClient("TryIt"); oClient.GetMailInfosParam.GetMailInfosOptions = GetMailInfosOptionType.NewOnly;

Servicestack server sent events - email application

10 Jul 2015 by Member 11828636

Can anyone guide me, where to find servicestack server sent event sample code.First I explain my issue. I have created a restful service(using servicestack framework) to pull down list of emails for inbox folder using afterlogic mailbee object(external product). Now, each time if I do a...