MailServer Class

Provides properties and methods for constructing a pop3/imap4 server instance.

System.Object
    EAGetMail.MailServer

[Visual Basic]
Public Class MailServer

[C#]
public class MailServer

[C++]
public __gc class MailServer

[JScript]
public class MailServer

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Public Constructors

Public Properties

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example demonstrates how to receive email with EAGetMail POP3 & IMAP Component, but it doesn't demonstrates the events and mail parsing usage. To get the full samples of EAGetMail, please refer to Samples section.

[Visual Basic]
Imports EAGetMail

Public Sub ReceiveMail( _
ByVal sServer As String, _
ByVal sUserName As String, _
ByVal sPassword As String, _
ByVal bSSLConnection As Boolean)
    Dim oClient As New MailClient("TryIt")
    'To receive email from imap4 server, please change
    'ServerProtocol.Pop3 to ServerProtocol.Imap4 in MailServer constructor

    Dim oServer As New MailServer(sServer, _
        sUserName, sPassword, bSSLConnection, _
        ServerAuthType.AuthLogin, ServerProtocol.Pop3)

    'by default, the pop3 port is 110, imap4 port is 143, 
    'the pop3 ssl port is 995, imap4 ssl port is 993
    'you can also change the port like this
    'oServer.Port = 110
    Try
        oClient.Connect(oServer)
        Dim infos() As MailInfo = oClient.GetMailInfos()
        Dim count As Integer = infos.Length
        For i As Integer = 0 To count - 1
            Dim info As MailInfo = infos(i)
            Dim oMail As Mail = oClient.GetMail(info)
            ''Save mail to local    file
            oMail.SaveAs(String.Format("c:\{0}.eml", i), True)
        Next

        For i As Integer = 0 To count - 1
            Dim info As MailInfo = infos(i)
            oClient.Delete(info)
        Next
        '
        ' Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
        ' Quit method pure the emails from server exactly.
        oClient.Quit()

    Catch ep As MailServerException
        ''Message contains the information returned by mail server
        Console.WriteLine("Server Respond: {0}", ep.Message)
    Catch ep As System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
        Console.WriteLine("Socket Error: {0}", ep.Message)
    Catch ep As Exception
        Console.WriteLine("System Error: {0}", ep.Message)
    End Try

    oClient.Close()
End Sub

[C#]
using System;
using System.Collections;
using EAGetMail;

public void ReceiveMail( 
    string sServer, 
    string sUserName,
    string sPassword,
    bool bSSLConnection)
{
    MailClient oClient = new MailClient("TryIt");
    //To receive email from imap4 server, please change
    //ServerProtocol.Pop3 to ServerProtocol.Imap4 in MailServer constructor

    MailServer oServer  = new MailServer(sServer, 
        sUserName, sPassword, bSSLConnection, 
        ServerAuthType.AuthLogin, ServerProtocol.Pop3);

    //by default, the pop3 port is 110, imap4 port is 143, 
    //the pop3 ssl port is 995, imap4 ssl port is 993
    //you can also change the port like this
    //oServer.Port = 110;
    try
    {
        oClient.Connect(oServer);
        MailInfo [] infos = oClient.GetMailInfos();
        int count = infos.Length;
        for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )
        {
            MailInfo info = infos[i];
            Mail oMail = oClient.GetMail(info);
            //Save mail to local file
            oMail.SaveAs(String.Format("c:\\{0}.eml", i), true);
        }

        for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )
        {
            MailInfo info = infos[i];
            oClient.Delete(info);
        }
    
        // Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
        // Quit method pure the emails from server exactly.
        oClient.Quit();
    }
    catch( MailServerException ep ) 
    {
        //Message contains the information returned by mail server
        Console.WriteLine("Server Respond: {0}", ep.Message);
    }
    catch( System.Net.Sockets.SocketException ep ) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Socket Error: {0}", ep.Message);
    }
    catch( Exception ep ) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine("System Error: {0}", ep.Message);
    }

    oClient.Close();
}

[C++]
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace EAGetMail; 

Void ReceiveMail( 
        String *sServer, 
        String *sUserName,
        String *sPassword,
        bool bSSLConnection)
{
    MailClient *oClient = new MailClient(S"TryIt");
    //To receive email from imap4 server, please change
    //ServerProtocol::Pop3 to ServerProtocol::Imap4 in MailServer constructor

    MailServer *oServer  = new MailServer(sServer, 
        sUserName, sPassword, bSSLConnection, 
        ServerAuthType::AuthLogin, ServerProtocol::Pop3);

    //by default, the pop3 port is 110, imap4 port is 143, 
    //the pop3 ssl port is 995, imap4 ssl port is 993
    //you can also change the port like this
    //oServer->Port = 110;
    try
    {
        oClient->Connect(oServer);
        MailInfo *infos[]= oClient->GetMailInfos();
        int count = infos->Length;
        for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )
        {
            MailInfo *info = infos[i];
            Mail *oMail = oClient->GetMail(info);
            //Save mail to local file
            oMail->SaveAs(String::Format(S"c:\\{0}.eml", __box(i)), true);
        }

        for( int i = 0; i < count; i++ )
        {
            MailInfo *info = infos[i];
            oClient->Delete(info);
        }
    
        // Delete method just mark the email as deleted, 
        // Quit method pure the emails from server exactly.
        oClient->Quit();
    }
    catch( MailServerException *ep ) 
    {
        //Message contains the information returned by mail server
        Console::WriteLine( S"Server Respond: {0}", ep->Message);
    }
    catch( System::Net::Sockets::SocketException *ep ) 
    {
        Console::WriteLine( S"Socket Error: {0}", ep->Message);
    }
    catch( Exception *ep ) 
    {
        Console::WriteLine( S"System Error: {0}", ep->Message);
    }

    oClient->Close();
}