Get e-mails from POP3

[Shimon Sim]

Is there a way to get e-mails with attachments using .NET 2.0?
If not does anybody knows a component that can do this?
Thank you,
Shimon.

[Karl Seguin]

..NET features a rich set of socket functionality. The POP3 specification
is well defined by RFC 1939 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1939.txt) When you
combine these two things together, it isn't hard to build the functionality
you are talking about.

There are plenty of examples out there (google .NET POP3 client) :
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/despop3client.asp

I did write a basic POP3 checker (checks if you have any new mail), meant to
be exposed via a webservice for a gadget (ala live.com or longhorn). You
can download the source here: http://openmymind.net/Pop3Notifier.zip

There's a class in there called Pop3Client.cs it doesn't have the
functionality you need (right now it simply supports login and getting a
STAT), but you could build on it so it supports more POP3 functionality.

Karl
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"Shimon Sim" <sh**********@community.nospam> wrote in message
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Is there a way to get e-mails with attachments using .NET 2.0?
If not does anybody knows a component that can do this?
Thank you,
Shimon.

[Steven Cheng[MSFT]]

Thanks for Karl's informative inputs.

Hi Shimon,

So far .NET framework dosn't include build-in pop3 class library, however
as Karl has mentioned, it won't be too complex to build our own Pop3 reader
through the existing network tcp/ip components in .net BCL. Also, there
does exists many 3rd party Pop3 components or sample code over net:
http://www.ostrosoft.com/pop3_component/pop3_vbnet.asp

http://www.jscape.com/articles/retri...l_pop3_vb.html

Thanks,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft Online Support

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| .NET features a rich set of socket functionality. The POP3
specification
| is well defined by RFC 1939 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1939.txt) When
you
| combine these two things together, it isn't hard to build the
functionality
| you are talking about.
|
| There are plenty of examples out there (google .NET POP3 client) :
| http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/despop3client.asp
|
| I did write a basic POP3 checker (checks if you have any new mail), meant
to
| be exposed via a webservice for a gadget (ala live.com or longhorn). You
| can download the source here: http://openmymind.net/Pop3Notifier.zip
|
| There's a class in there called Pop3Client.cs it doesn't have the
| functionality you need (right now it simply supports login and getting a
| STAT), but you could build on it so it supports more POP3 functionality.
|
| Karl
| --
|
| MY ASP.Net tutorials
| http://www.openmymind.net/
|
|
|
| "Shimon Sim" <sh**********@community.nospam> wrote in message
| news:OY**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > Is there a way to get e-mails with attachments using .NET 2.0?
| > If not does anybody knows a component that can do this?
| > Thank you,
| > Shimon.
| >
|
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