E-Mail Viewer application

Question

I am trying to write an e-mail viewer application (only for receiving emails not for sending) for my project. I have searched lot many places but all are for only sending.

Can somebody guide me in right direction from where I can start. Language is not a matter for me.

Thanks

Answer 1

It really depends on what server you are connecting to to receive E-Mails from: POP3, IMAP or even Exchange.

• POP3 is specified in RFC1939
• IMAP 4rev1 is specified in RFC3501

Also, when searching the web for "POP3" or "IMAP" you'll find loads of guides and tutorials for most languages out there.

Here some examples and/or libraries for C#:

• OpenPOP.NET (recommended for POP3)
• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/despop3client.aspx
• http://dotnetctrlext.sourceforge.net/
• Guide how to connect to a POP3 server via Telnet
• http://www.developerfusion.com/article/4071/how-to-pop3-in-c/

Answer 2

There are lots of them out there! A quick search throws many results, such as Pooka for which the source code is available so you can look at how they have done it, learn from it, and do it yourself.

Answer 3

here are the few good articles I have found on code project.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/Pop3MailClient.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/pop3client.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/popapp.aspx

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/Pop3MimeClient.aspx

Hope this helps to somebody else!