A standard email client can usually receive email from anywhere on the
internet. For example, I can receive my work email at home or in the office.
In order to view received email directly through a web application you have
to have access to the POP3 server where the email is stored. If you have
direct access to the mail server's files and know the format you could read
them using the filesystem object. If not, you would need to use the POP3
protocol to download them from the mail-server. The protocol is relatively
simple (text-based) but needs a telnet-like connection.
If the client is already receiving email through a web-based mail system as
you mentioned you may be able to simulate a login and screen-scrape the
emails from the mail-server using server-side HTTP POST requests. See
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2173
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"richardtinkler" <ri************@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Unfortunately a regular email client won't work. The client is always
on the move and needs very specific functions not provided by the
webmail system offered by his host.
I mentioned 'receiving' emails before. However, 'viewing' received
emails would also be sufficient.
Any ideas? Thanks, R
Adrienne Boswell wrote: Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "richardtinkler"
<ri************@yahoo.com> writing in news:1102531800.059301.265990
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
> I need to create an online email application which will receive and
> send emails from given accounts using ASP.
>
> I am aware that I can use ASP components such as ASPEmail or
> ASPSmartMail to send messages, but have no idea how to receive emails. >
> I read somewhere that CDONTS may help, but my provider has disabled
> these on his server.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks ,R
>
>
A regular email client won't work?
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