To enable POP3 in Gmail:
Remember that Gmail only allows secure SSL connections so you need to use ConnectSSL method.
Now you can download emails from Gmail using POP3 protocol.
To enable IMAP in Gmail:
Remember that Gmail only allows secure SSL connections so you need to use ConnectSSL method.
Now you can download emails from Gmail using IMAP protocol.
Usually you define time of an event in relation to UTC time zone.
If you need to define event on 9:00 o’clock in Alaska you simply need to subtract 9 hours from event time to get the event time in UTC
(18:00:00). 18 – 9 = 9.
It all works great in December (Alaska is UTC-9), but in May, daylight saving time is in effect in Alaska (Alaska is UTC-8 then).
If the event is recurring, in May, event is going to be held on 10:00 Alaska time (18 – 8 = 10). Which is most likely not what you want.
As the time zones in different parts of world change way to often to reflect these changes in Mail.dll, you’ll need to specify the time zone when creating new event (including the daylight savings time).
Here’s the sample:
// C#
using Fluent = Limilabs.Mail.Fluent;
using Limilabs.Client.SMTP;
using Limilabs.Mail;
using Limilabs.Mail.Appointments;
Appointment appointment = new Appointment();
// Create time zone
VTimeZone alaska = appointment.AddTimeZone();
alaska.TimeZoneId = "America/Anchorage";
// Define standard time offset
var standardRecurring = new RecurringRule();
standardRecurring.Frequency = Frequency.Yearly;
standardRecurring.ByDay.Add(Weekday.Sunday);
standardRecurring.ByMonths.Add(11);
var standard = new StandardOffset
{
Name = "AKST",
Start = new DateTime(1970, 11, 01, 02, 00, 00),
OffsetFrom = TimeSpan.FromHours(-8),
OffsetTo = TimeSpan.FromHours(-9),
RecurringRule = standardRecurring
};
// Define daylight time offset
var daylightRecurring = new RecurringRule();
daylightRecurring.Frequency = Frequency.Yearly;
daylightRecurring.ByDay.Add(new Weekday(2, Weekday.Sunday));
daylightRecurring.ByMonths.Add(3);
var daylight = new DaylightOffset
{
Name = "AKDT",
Start = new DateTime(1970, 03, 08, 02, 00, 00),
OffsetFrom = TimeSpan.FromHours(-9),
OffsetTo = TimeSpan.FromHours(-8),
RecurringRule = daylightRecurring
};
alaska.Standard.Add(standard);
alaska.Daylight.Add(daylight);
// Define event
Event e = appointment.AddEvent();
e.Start = new DateTime(2007, 08, 17, 12, 00, 00);
e.End = new DateTime(2007, 08, 17, 12, 30, 00);
e.Summary = "At noon in Alaska";
e.InTimeZone(alaska);
e.SetOrganizer(new Person("Alice", "alice@example.org"));
e.AddParticipant(new Participant(
"Bob", "bob@example.org", ParticipationRole.Required, true));
e.AddParticipant(new Participant(
"Tom", "tom@example.org", ParticipationRole.Optional, true));
e.AddParticipant(new Participant(
"Alice", "alice@example.org", ParticipationRole.Required, true));
Alarm alarm = e.AddAlarm();
alarm.BeforeStart(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15));
IMail email = Fluent.Mail
.Text("Status meeting at noon in Alaska.")
.Subject("Status meeting")
.From("alice@example.org")
.To("bob@example.org")
.To("tom@example.org")
.AddAppointment(appointment)
.Create();
using (Smtp smtp = new Smtp())
{
smtp.Connect("smtp.example.org"); // or ConnectSSL
smtp.UseBestLogin("user", "password");
smtp.SendMessage(email);
smtp.Close();
}
' VB.NET
Imports Fluent = Limilabs.Mail.Fluent
Imports Limilabs.Client.SMTP
Imports Limilabs.Mail
Imports Limilabs.Mail.Appointments
Dim appointment As New Appointment()
' Create time zone
Dim alaska As VTimeZone = appointment.AddTimeZone()
alaska.TimeZoneId = "America/Anchorage"
' Define standard time offset
Dim standardRecurring = New RecurringRule()
standardRecurring.Frequency = Frequency.Yearly
standardRecurring.ByDay.Add(Weekday.Sunday)
standardRecurring.ByMonths.Add(11)
Dim standard = New StandardOffset() With { _
.Name = "AKST", _
.Start = New DateTime(1970, 11, 1, 2, 0, 0), _
.OffsetFrom = TimeSpan.FromHours(-8), _
.OffsetTo = TimeSpan.FromHours(-9), _
.RecurringRule = standardRecurring _
}
' Define daylight time offset
Dim daylightRecurring = New RecurringRule()
daylightRecurring.Frequency = Frequency.Yearly
daylightRecurring.ByDay.Add(New Weekday(2, Weekday.Sunday))
daylightRecurring.ByMonths.Add(3)
Dim daylight = New DaylightOffset() With { _
.Name = "AKDT", _
.Start = New DateTime(1970, 3, 8, 2, 0, 0), _
.OffsetFrom = TimeSpan.FromHours(-9), _
.OffsetTo = TimeSpan.FromHours(-8), _
.RecurringRule = daylightRecurring _
}
alaska.Standard.Add(standard)
alaska.Daylight.Add(daylight)
' Define event
Dim e As [Event] = appointment.AddEvent()
e.Start = New DateTime(2007, 8, 17, 12, 0, 0)
e.[End] = New DateTime(2007, 8, 17, 12, 30, 0)
e.Summary = "At noon in Alaska"
e.InTimeZone(alaska)
e.SetOrganizer(New Person("Alice", "alice@example.org"))
e.AddParticipant(New Participant( _
"Bob", "bob@example.org", ParticipationRole.Required, True))
e.AddParticipant(New Participant( _
"Tom", "tom@example.org", ParticipationRole.[Optional], True))
e.AddParticipant(New Participant( _
"Alice", "alice@example.org", ParticipationRole.Required, True))
Dim alarm As Alarm = e.AddAlarm()
alarm.BeforeStart(TimeSpan.FromMinutes(15))
Dim email As IMail = Fluent.Mail _
.Text("Status meeting at noon in Alaska.") _
.Subject("Status meeting") _
.From("alice@example.org") _
.[To]("bob@example.org") _
.[To]("tom@example.org") _
.AddAppointment(appointment) _
.Create()
Using smtp As New Smtp()
smtp.Connect("smtp.example.org") ' or ConnectSSL
smtp.UseBestLogin("user", "password")
smtp.SendMessage(email)
smtp.Close()
End Using
You can use Mail.dll to easy reply to an HTML and plain-text emails.
ReplyBuilder class allows you to specify custom HTML and plain-text reply templates. Mail.dll will parse HTML, extract body part, and build-in template engine will do the rest to create nicely formatted reply with all attachments, To and Cc fields set.
The next great thing is that plain-text version of the email is generated automatically.
You can also take advantage of ReplyAll method that makes it easy to reply to all: senders of the message and all To and Cc recipients
In our example we’ll use Mail.dll IMAP client to download first message from an IMAP server. Then we’ll use ReplyBuilder to create a reply email message. Finally we’ll use Mail.dll SMTP client to send this message.
// C#
IMail original = GetFirstMessage();
ReplyBuilder replyBuilder = original.Reply();
// You can specify your own custom template:
replyBuilder.HtmlReplyTemplate =
"[Html]" +
"<br /><br />" +
"On [Original.Date] [Original.Sender.Name] wrote:" +
"<blockquote " +
"style='margin-left: 1em; " +
"padding-left: 1em; " +
"border-left: 1px #ccc solid;'>" +
"[QuoteHtml]" +
"</blockquote>";
replyBuilder.Html =
"Alice, <br/><br/>thanks for your email.";
MailBuilder builder = replyBuilder.ReplyToAll(
new MailBox("bob@example.org", "Bob"));
// You can add attachments to your reply
//builder.AddAttachment("report.csv");
IMail reply = builder.Create();
using (Smtp smtp = new Smtp())
{
smtp.Connect("smtp.example.com"); // or ConnectSSL
smtp.UseBestLogin("user", "password");
smtp.SendMessage(reply);
smtp.Close();
}
static IMail GetFirstMessage()
{
IMail email;
using (Imap imap = new Imap())
{
imap.Connect("imap.example.com"); // or ConnectSSL if you want to use SSL
imap.UseBestLogin("user", "password");
List<long> uids = imap.GetAll();
if (uids.Count == 0)
throw new Exception("There are no messages");
string eml = imap.GetMessageByUID(uids[0]);
email = new MailBuilder().CreateFromEml(eml);
imap.Close();
}
return email;
}
' VB.NET
Dim original As IMail = GetFirstMessage()
Dim replyBuilder As ReplyBuilder = original.Reply()
' You can specify your own custom template:
replyBuilder.HtmlReplyTemplate = _
"[Html]" + _
"<br /><br />" + _
"On [Original.Date] [Original.Sender.Name] wrote:" + _
"<blockquote " + _
"style='margin-left: 1em; " + _
"padding-left: 1em; " + _
"border-left: 1px #ccc solid;'>" + _
"[QuoteHtml]" + _
"</blockquote>"
replyBuilder.Html = _
"Alice, <br/><br/>thanks for your email."
Dim builder As MailBuilder = replyBuilder.ReplyToAll( _
New MailBox("bob@example.org", "Bob"))
' You can add attachments to your reply
'builder.AddAttachment("report.csv")
Dim reply As IMail = builder.Create()
Using smtp As New Smtp()
smtp.Connect("smtp.example.com") ' or ConnectSSL
smtp.UseBestLogin("user", "password")
smtp.SendMessage(reply)
smtp.Close()
End Using
Private Shared Function GetFirstMessage() As IMail
Dim email As IMail
Using imap As New Imap()
imap.Connect("imap.example.com")
' or ConnectSSL if you want to use SSL
imap.UseBestLogin("user", "password")
Dim uids As List(Of Long) = imap.GetAll()
If uids.Count = 0 Then
Throw New Exception("There are no messages")
End If
Dim eml As String = imap.GetMessageByUID(uids(0))
email = New MailBuilder().CreateFromEml(eml)
imap.Close()
End Using
Return email
End Function
Mail.dll MIME and email API’s may be used to get the plain-text body and HTML body from an email message.
If a message contains plain-text, no conversion is necessary. It’s simply a matter of using the Text property of IMail interface.
If however the email does not contain plain-text and only HTML content is available, GetTextFromHtml method may be used to convert the HTML to plain-text.
The internal conversion process is much more sophisticated than what can be accomplished with the simple regular-expression code. Converting HTML to plain text is much more than simply removing HTML tags from an HTML document.
Mail.dll contains full-blown HTML parser that handles script tags, comments, CDATA and even incorrect HTML.
The following C# and VB.NET code extracts plain-text from the HTML body of the email message:
// C#
IMail email = ...
string text = "";
if (email.IsText)
text = email.Text;
else if (email.IsHtml)
text = email.GetTextFromHtml();
Console.WriteLine(text);
' VB.NET
Dim email As IMail = ...
Dim text As String = ""
If email.IsText Then
text = email.Text
ElseIf email.IsHtml Then
text = email.GetTextFromHtml()
End If
Console.WriteLine(text)
You can also use GetBodyAsText method that returns body in plain text format (it uses IMail.Text property or GetTextFromHtml method).
// C# IMail email = ... string text = email.GetBodyAsText(); Console.WriteLine(text);
' VB.NET Dim email As IMail = ... Dim text As String = email.GetBodyAsText() Console.WriteLine(text)