Cannot connect to Gmail to fetch attachments

Question

Hi, I'm using the following vb.Net code in solution with Limilabs.Mail trial version but it fails on the second line starting with "imap.connect"

I checked my Gmail settings as well my Antivirus and Firewall settings and they look fine but I still get the following error message: Tried to read a line. No data received. Please make sure that antivirus and firewall software are disabled or configured correctly.

Using imap As New Limilabs.Client.IMAP.Imap()
    **imap.Connect("imap.gmail.com", 993)**
    imap.UseBestLogin("user@gmail.com", "password")
    imap.SelectInbox()

    Dim uids As List(Of Long) = 
        imap.Search(Limilabs.Client.IMAP.Flag.All)

        For Each uid As Long In uids
            Dim email As IMail = New MailBuilder()
                .CreateFromEml(imap.GetMessageByUID(uid))

            For Each mime As MimeData In email.Attachments
                mime.Save("C:\Users\User\Desktop\" + mime.SafeFileName)
            Next
     Next
     imap.Close()
End Using

Answer 1

Please use SSL - ConnectSSL("imap.gmail.com") - when connecting to Gmail:

Using imap As New Limilabs.Client.IMAP.Imap()
    imap.ConnectSSL("imap.gmail.com")

    imap.UseBestLogin("user@gmail.com", "password")
    imap.SelectInbox()

    ' ...

    imap.Close()
End Using

You don't need to specify port, almost all email servers use default ones.