{"id":142,"date":"2014-09-08T10:14:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T10:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danieledavi.com\/blog\/?p=142"},"modified":"2014-09-05T16:30:55","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T16:30:55","slug":"how-to-read-a-pop3-server-mail-folder-with-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danieledavi.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/how-to-read-a-pop3-server-mail-folder-with-c\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read a Pop3 server mail folder with C#"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s see how to read emails from a pop3 Server.<\/p>\n

After setting some variables, we’ll create a connection to the Pop3 Server and we’ll try to autenticate with user and password. After we’ll take a bunch of messages and we’ll start to iterate some operation per each message.<\/p>\n

\"C<\/a>

C#<\/p><\/div>The message can be cleaned, processed, saved or used in any way you want.
\nAfter we’ll delete the message from the server and we’ll disconnect the user.
\nTo do this we’ll use an external library called IndipendentSoft.Email so at the beginning of the file we’ll include these 2 lines:<\/p>\n

using Independentsoft.Email.Pop3;\r\nusing Independentsoft.Email.Mime;<\/pre>\n
Now we can write code we need.<\/p>\n
public int checkPop3()\r\n{\r\n\tWriteLog(\"- checkPop3 START\");\r\n\tPop3Server = rootkey.GetValue(\"POP3Server\").ToString();\r\n\tPop3User = rootkey.GetValue(\"POP3User\").ToString();\r\n\tPop3Pass = \"your-password\"\r\n\r\n\tint myResult = 0;\r\n\tint myStep = 0;\r\n\tint messageIndex = 0;\r\n\tint mymaxdelfor = 20; \/\/how many messages to read per each connection\r\n\tPop3Client client = null;\r\n\r\n\tIndependentsoft.Email.Mime.Message myMessage = null;\r\n\tString myCode = \"\";\r\n\tmyStep = 1;\r\n\tclient = new Pop3Client(Pop3Server);\r\n\ttry\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tclient.Connect();\r\n\t\tWriteLog(\"Conn POP3: OK\");\r\n\t}\r\n\tcatch (Exception myEx)\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tWriteLog(\"Conn POP3: KO\" + myEx.ToString());\r\n\t\treturn 0;\r\n\t}\r\n\ttry\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tclient.Login(Pop3User, Pop3Pass);\r\n\t\tWriteLog(\"Login POP3: OK\");\r\n\t}\r\n\tcatch (Exception myEx2)\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tWriteLog(\"Login POP3: KO\" + myEx2.ToString());\r\n\t\treturn 0;\r\n\t}\r\n\tMessageInfo[] messageInfo;\r\n\ttry\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tmessageInfo = client.List();\r\n\t\tWriteLog(\"List POP3: OK\");\r\n\t}\r\n\tcatch (Exception myEx3)\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tWriteLog(\"List POP3: KO\" + myEx3.ToString());\r\n\t\tthrow;\r\n\t}\r\n\t\r\n\tmyStep = 2;\r\n\tif (messageInfo.Length > 0)\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tWriteLog(\"MSG to read: \" + messageInfo.Length);\r\n\t\tmyStep = 3;\r\n\t\tif (messageInfo.Length < mymaxdelfor)\r\n\t\t{\r\n\t\t\tmymaxdelfor = messageInfo.Length;\r\n\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\tfor (int i = 0; i < mymaxdelfor; i++)\r\n\t\t{\r\n\t\t\tWriteLog(\"MSG n.\" + messageIndex.ToString());\r\n\t\t\tmessageIndex = messageInfo[i].Index;\r\n\t\t\tmyMessage = client.GetMessage(messageIndex);\r\n\t\t\tmyStep = 4;\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tDoYourThings();\r\n\t\t\t...\r\n\t\t\tmyResult = \"dependsOnYourThings\";\r\n\t\t\t...\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t\t\tclient.Delete(messageIndex);\r\n\t}\r\n\t\tclient.Disconnect();\r\n\t\tWriteLog(\"DISCONNECT POP3 OK\");\r\n\t\r\n\tWriteLog(\"- checkPop3 END\");\r\n\treturn myResult;\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
The number of messages to read in a box, can be very high, even hundreds of thousands and not just because of spam but according to the application and email purpose.
\nSo in time I experienced that for high volumes and big size emails it is better not to read all the messages. So I choose a maximum (20) per each connection.<\/p>\n
Of course you can read the pop3 according to some events or call your function every some minutes according to a timer.<\/p>\n
Enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let’s see how to read emails from a pop3 Server. After setting some variables, we’ll create a connection to the Pop3 Server and we’ll try to autenticate with user and password. After we’ll take a bunch of messages and we’ll start to iterate some operation per each message. 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