Integrating POP3 client functionality into a C# application?

Question

I have a web application that requires a server based component to periodically access POP3 email boxes and retrieve emails. The service then needs to process the emails whi

Answer 1

If you don't mind paying for a component, we've had great success with chilkat in the past. For a couple of hundred bucks you get a library that's jam packed full of goodness.

Answer 2

The constructor of SslStream class was modified and uploaded. Recommended version have no problem to use.

Answer 3

Jmail.NET. Don't look further. Note that the free version doesn't include POP3. You'll want to take the Standard version (or more). Don't worry, it's not expensive.

Answer 4

DasBlog uses a good (and free) one - grab the source package. I've used it (but I can't remember who wrote it, and I'm not on my laptop - Pavel L I think?). It's not perfect, and it doesn't do SSL, but it works nicely otherwise.

Answer 5

There are several POP3 client implementations around at codeproject.com. I have not evaluated them, but maybe you can find what you need there. If not, I can say that POP3 is quite a simple protocol. You can even read your POP3 box with telnet if you know 4-5 commands.

You actually just need this commands and maybe some base64 decoding for attachments. That's it.

Answer 6

If you need SSL to access gmail.. here is some modifications to the OpenPOP.net library that gives it SSL support.

OpenPop.net modified to include SSL support for accessing Gmail