receive email on Wpf application C#

darren guest 1

hi im wondering if anyone has any idea how to receive emails in my application.

I have been looking for some help on what the front end is for my users but also the code behind it

any help would be great

DaisyTian-1203 11,616

How about using the below code to get info from your mail:

    var client = new Pop3Client();
    client.Connect("pop.gmail.com", 995, true);
    client.Authenticate("Your Account Here", "Your Password Here");
    var count = client.GetMessageCount();
    Message message = client.GetMessage(count);
    Debug.WriteLine(message.Headers.Subject);

darren guest 1 Reputation point

2020-09-29T03:12:18.427+00:00

seems to have a couple of errors on the message and debug lines in that i have tried to use the suggested fixes but doesn't seem to be accepting them.

but i appreciate the help .
DaisyTian-1203 11,616 Reputation points

2020-09-29T07:52:41.053+00:00

What error did you meet? Could you show me more details about them? I installed the PopClient in Nuget for Pop3Client.
darren guest 1 Reputation point

2020-09-30T02:15:54.793+00:00

hi this is the errors that that i am having

CS0122 C# 'Message' is inaccessible due to its protection level
CS0103 C# The name 'Debug' does not exist in the current context
Zhanglong Wu-MSFT 261 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2020-09-30T08:12:00.52+00:00

Since MailKit is a 3-party compoment, I would suggest that you could refer to https://github.com/jstedfast/MailKit for sample code please refer to the phase "Retrieving Messages (via Pop3)", if you encounter any issue, please post on github for suitable support.

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Andy ONeill 361 Reputation points

2020-09-26T13:26:21.203+00:00

If you literally mean you want an app to receive email then that means you're building an smtp server.
Luckily, someone already parcelled up an implementation of one of these things for you:

https://github.com/cosullivan/SmtpServer

Has to be said, there's a clue in the name there though.
Server.

This isn't really something you'd usually put in a wpf app and deliver to someone's desktop.

Alternatively.

You could "just" write a front end for a gmail account.
Google csharp email client and csharp smtp.

eg
http://csharp.net-informations.com/communications/csharp-smtp-mail.htm
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darren guest 1 Reputation point

2020-09-26T17:17:20.183+00:00

I don't need it to send emails just receive.

Its so I can automatically send my app update messages so I don't have to contact my clients saying there is a new update to the app or t's & c's of services to my company
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Andy ONeill 361 Reputation points

2020-09-26T22:05:35.07+00:00

Nothing in my post is about sending.

darren guest 1 Reputation point

2020-09-26T22:22:57.283+00:00

it also doesn't appear to have anything about WPF.

And from what i have read in both links they are both about sending emails and not receiving an email into the app
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