POP3, VB.NET 2.0

EvilOne · 30 Mar 2009 at 15:50

Right, i need to connect to a POP3 server and download any emails that are on there. Can anyone point me in the right direction for some code what could do this ? (preffrebly put the emails into a database if possable).

I need emails getting set to this address to be downloaded and phased for various infomation (easy bit).

Or if anyone has a better way of handling this then feel free to mention it. I have access to a mail server, so it doesnt have to be POP3 if theres a better way.

Thanks for any help.

Floyd · 30 Mar 2009 at 16:35

Conenct to the server via a datastream and sent it text commands telnet style . Then wait for a response then act upon it. I Have dont it in java, im assumuing possible to do this in VB

http://www.kewl.lu/articles/pop3 has some commands you can use. Check the POP3 Specs for all of them

edit: http://www.informit.com/guides/content.aspx?g=java&seqNum=324 is a good example too

EvilOne · 31 Mar 2009 at 10:58

Found this, after a few changes to that code i can now connect to an POP3 account and download any emails as needed

Now just need to write these emails to a database and extract the infomation as needed

Floyd · 1 Apr 2009 at 13:55

Nice one. Although its just doing what I told you to do