{"id":288,"date":"2009-12-01T17:54:04","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T15:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.limilabs.com\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2014-04-15T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T12:25:56","slug":"download-emails-gmail-pop3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.limilabs.com\/blog\/download-emails-gmail-pop3","title":{"rendered":"Download emails from Gmail via POP3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAccessing Gmail with POP3 is a bit different that accessing other POP3 servers. Still is quite easy with Mail.dll POP3 client<\/a>. Remember that POP3 protocol unlike IMAP does not store the unseen information on the server.<\/p>\n

Mail.dll has of course IMAP support<\/a><\/p>\n

First remember to enable POP3 in Gmail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can read more about Gmail\u2019s POP3 behavior<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Remember that Gmail only allows secure SSL<\/strong> connections, so we need to use ConnectSSL<\/em> method.<\/p>\n

\r\n\/\/ C# code:\r\n\r\nusing(Pop3 pop3 = new Pop3())\r\n{\r\n\tpop3.ConnectSSL("pop.gmail.com");\r\n\tpop3.Login("your_email@gmail.com", "password");\r\n\r\n\tforeach (string uid in pop3.GetAll())\r\n\t{\r\n\t\tvar eml = pop3.GetMessageByUID(uid);\r\n\t\tIMail mail= new MailBuilder()\r\n\t\t\t.CreateFromEml(eml);\r\n\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine(mail.Subject);\r\n\t\tConsole.WriteLine(mail.Text);\r\n\t}\r\n\tpop3.Close();\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
\r\n' VB.NET code:\r\n\r\nUsing pop3 As New Pop3()\r\n    pop3.ConnectSSL("pop.gmail.com")\r\n    pop3.Login("your_email@gmail.com", "password")\r\n\r\n    For Each uid As String In pop3.GetAll()\r\n        Dim email As IMail = New MailBuilder() _\r\n            .CreateFromEml(pop3.GetMessageByUID(uid))\r\n        Console.WriteLine(email.Subject)\r\n\tConsole.WriteLine(mail.Text)\r\n    Next\r\n    pop3.Close()\r\nEnd Using\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n
If you want to have a greater control<\/strong> over your emails you should use IMAP<\/strong> protocol.<\/p>\n
With IMAP you can:<\/p>\n