Where is the IMAP support in the .NET Framework?

Question

One year ago Mitchel Sellers had a related question...

I would like to access the Google IMAP for sending and receiving email messages within my custom application.

The point is that i would not like to use any third party controls.

Newer versions of the .Net Framework support IMAP? What options do i have?

Answer 1

There used to be the Indy components for Borland Delphi which have been ported to C# and .NET.

There is no native support for this, As far as I know.

Answer 2

There is no IMAP support in current versions of .NET and I have not heard about any plans to add such support to the framework. You have to try one of third party components.

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// create client, connect and log in 
Imap client = new Imap();
client.Connect("imap.example.org");
client.Login("username", "password");

// select folder 
client.SelectFolder("Inbox");

// get message list 
ImapMessageCollection list = client.GetMessageList(ImapListFields.Fast);

if (list.Count == 0)
{
    Console.WriteLine("There are no messages in the mailbox.");
}
else 
{
    // download the first message 
    MailMessage message = client.GetMailMessage(list[0].SequenceNumber);
    ...
}

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