How to save email attachments to local hard disk in C#

Question

How to save email attachments to local hard disk in C#

Answer 1

This link helped me to resolve the same problem, but this has 30 day trial.

http://www.example-code.com/csharp/pop3_saveAttachments.asp

Happy coding

Answer 2

After about 30 seconds with Google I found this CodeProject article for you

Answer 3

Or you can use our freeware IMAP library for .net Read more here: http://hellowebapps.com/tecnologies-products/imapx/

Answer 4

Following code is taken from Extract Attachments sample which comes with our Rebex Mail component. Downloading from a POP3 server is covered in the HOWTO: Download emails from a GMail account in C# blogpost.

// Load mail message from disk 
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage ();
mail.Load (args[0]);

Console.WriteLine (
    "Message contains {0} attachments.", 
    mail.Attachments.Count
);

// If message has no attachments, just exit 
if (mail.Attachments.Count == 0)
    return 0;

foreach (Attachment attachment in mail.Attachments)
{
    // Save the file 
    Console.WriteLine ("Saving '{0}' ({1}).", 
     attachment.FileName, attachment.MediaType);
    attachment.Save (attachment.FileName);
}