ArgumentNullException if body length is 0 and content encoding is 7bit

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We are using IMAP part of Mail.dll version 3.0.13092.1409

If I receive email message with the following characteristics:
mimeStructure is a result of the call to client.GetMessageInfoByUID(messageUid)
mimeStructure.BodyStructure.Text.Size = 0
mimeStructure.BodyStructure.Text.ContentTransferEncoding = 7bit

And call client.GetMimePartByUID(messageUid, mimeStructure)
it throws ArgumentNullException.

If ContentTransferEncoding is "quoted-printable" the problem doesn't exists.

Currently we made temporary workaround with the following sample code:



var msgInfo = client.GetMessageInfoByUID(messageUid);

var mimeStructure = msgInfo.BodyStructure.Text ?? msgInfo.BodyStructure.Html;

if (mimeStructure != null) {

    try {

        var bodyBytes = client.GetMimePartByUID(messageUid, mimeStructure);

        var bodyText = mimeStructure.Encoding.GetString(bodyBytes);

        imm.BodyPlainText = bodyText;

    } catch (Exception ex) {

        // Code to handle (possibly Size=0 + ContentTransferEncoding=7bit) exception...

    }

}

Is this problem fixed in newer versions of Mail.dll ?
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1 Answer

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As we don't have access to your mailbox and you are using quite old version of Mail.dll .Net IMAP component, the easiest way to test would be to download the latest version at:
https://www.limilabs.com/mail/download

Please let me know, if the problem is still there. Logs would be very helpful:
https://www.limilabs.com/blog/logging-in-mail-dll

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