check unread emails?

[vishal1082]

i wanna get number of unread mails from mail servers, like gmail, yahoo, msn, aim and any other email server which user gives

but the problem is - i dont know HOW (lol) i tried this DLL: http://www.lesnikowski.com/mail/faq.aspx but in its faq it says this:
That is not possible with POP3 protocol. There is no way to mark on the server which messages were received by client application. You have to mark which messages have been read by yourself.

The Windows Live Messenger shows unread mails in messenger, i just wanna implement in my own app, i dont wanna show the mails, i just want the number of unread mails, please note - i m newbie at this Net stuff :), and yes its a C# windows forms

[Edit]
i did some research and *i m not sure* but IMAP can read the number of unread mails?, but do yahoo, msn, gmail, aol and other services support IMAP? if yes then how can i implement IMAP in my application because all the DLL's out there ask money and i dont wanna spend money.. EAGetMail DLL works like a charm but its 30 day trial - argghhh

[liadmz]

After you have a connection to the server send the command:
"list"

the server then will replay:
+OK 1 414
when +OK state the the command is recognized by the server
1 - is the number of unread emails
414 - is the emails capacity.

[vishal1082]

@liadmz
OMG AWESOME!! but how to establish connection to the server (lol)

[liadmz]

Here is a class I'm working on.
You need to add it to your project and create a new object.

MailHandler X = new MailHandler();

MailHandler.zip

Set the POP3 and SMTP setting using:
X.SetSMTP(txtSM TP_server.Text, txtSMTP_user.Te xt, txtSMTP_pass.Te xt);
X.SetPOP(txtPOP _server.Text, txtPOP_user.Tex t, txtPOP_pass.Tex t);

To count the emails on the server use:
int EmailCount = X.RetrieveMailC ount();

Hope this one will help.

[vishal1082]

well i dont want total mail counts but want only the count of unread mails, and i m leaving the idea of IMAP because Yahoo and Hotmail dont give IMAP support ffs...

[vishal1082]

cmon guys please help i need help please!!!!!!!

[cloud255]

Have you tried looking at the Yahoo mail api?

[vishal1082]

@cloud255
yea.....but its only for yahoo... and i need gmail, and aol, and hotmail

but i have decided

i am gonna forget hotmail for now and work on Gmail, Aol, and Yahoo
Yahoo has an API so no problems there,
now Gmail and AOL
both support IMAP,
i wrote this code:

 TcpClient objTCP = new TcpClient();
SslStream sslstream = default(SslStream);
//StreamReader reader = null;
objTCP.Connect("imap.gmail.com", 993);
sslstream = new SslStream(objTCP.GetStream());
sslstream.AuthenticateAsClient("imap.gmail.com");
// authenticate as client GMAIL
// Assigned reader to stream
//reader = new StreamReader(sslstream);
sendcmd("$ LOGIN (my email) (my password) $ STATUS INBOX (unseen)", sslstream);
//string messageCount = sendcmd("$ STATUS INBOX", sslstream);
objTCP.Close();
 
private static string sendcmd(string cmd, SslStream NetStrm)
{
         byte[] szData;
         string returnedData = "";
         StreamReader RdStrm = new StreamReader(NetStrm);
         szData =
         System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(cmd.ToCharArray());
         NetStrm.Write(szData, 0, szData.Length);
         returnedData = RdStrm.ReadLine();
         return returnedData;
}
 

but it doesnt seem working, it dont work if i write the commands in different lines too...
i dont wanna use any freaking 3rd party IMAP stuff to connect, so any way to connect to IMAP without 3rd party ****?

[tlhintoq]

Time to stop... take a deep breath...

Yahoo has an api, so you are good there.
You were given a command to ask IMAP for the number of unread messages.

After you have a connection to the server send the command:
"list"

the server then will replay:
+OK 1 414
when +OK state the the command is recognized by the server
1 - is the number of unread emails
414 - is the emails capacity.

You were handed an entire class of code for connectivity.

but it doesnt seem working, it dont work

doesn't give anyone any idea what the problem is? Exception... server error... empty data...

After all the help you've been given including someone else's source code outbursts like

i dont wanna use any freaking 3rd party IMAP stuff to connect, so any way to connect to IMAP without 3rd party ****?

just seem a little out of place.

I suggest you take a day or even the weekend to first relax, then read back through all the help you've been given, then try to combine some of these fine suggestions.

Come MONDAY: If after that and giving it several of your best "trial and error" attempts you are still having issues, post them with details that could help someone, to help you.

[vishal1082]

cls
okay cleared my mind, the source i was given is for POP3 not for IMAP, i tried using it with IMAP at the first command (even if i write "guwag") it will reply "+OK CONNETED then some ip bla bla", and when i give it 2nd command it wont reply and app is just stuck waiting for some reply from server...

i just want a simple code to get unread mails from a IMAP server, cmon is that so tuff? :\