Managed C++/CLI - Retrieve Email from Gmail Account¶

#include "stdafx.h"

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;

// Add EAGetMail namespace
using namespace EAGetMail;

int main(array<System::String ^> ^args)
{
    // Create a folder named "inbox" under current directory
    // to save the email retrieved.
    String ^curpath = Directory::GetCurrentDirectory();
    String ^mailbox = String::Format("{0}\\inbox", curpath);

    // If the folder is not existed, create it.
    if (!Directory::Exists(mailbox))
    {
        Directory::CreateDirectory(mailbox);
    }

    // Gmail IMAP server is "imap.gmail.com"
    MailServer ^oServer = gcnew MailServer("imap.gmail.com",
        "gmailid@gmail.com", "yourpassword", ServerProtocol::Imap4);
    MailClient ^oClient = gcnew MailClient("TryIt");

    // Enable SSL connection
    oServer->SSLConnection = true;

    // Set 993 IMAP4 SSL port
    oServer->Port = 993;

    try
    {
        oClient->Connect(oServer);
        array<MailInfo^> ^infos = oClient->GetMailInfos();
        for (int i = 0; i < infos->Length; i++)
        {
            MailInfo ^info = infos[i];
            Console::WriteLine("Index: {0}; Size: {1}; UIDL: {2}",
                info->Index, info->Size, info->UIDL);

            // Receive email from Gmail IMAP server
            Mail ^oMail = oClient->GetMail(info);

            Console::WriteLine("From: {0}", oMail->From->ToString());
            Console::WriteLine("Subject: {0}\r\n", oMail->Subject);

            // Generate an email file name based on date time.
            System::DateTime d = System::DateTime::Now;
            System::Globalization::CultureInfo ^cur = gcnew
                System::Globalization::CultureInfo("en-US");
            String ^sdate = d.ToString("yyyyMMddHHmmss", cur);
            String ^fileName = String::Format("{0}\\{1}{2}{3}.eml",
                mailbox, sdate, d.Millisecond.ToString("d3"), i);

            // Save email to local disk
            oMail->SaveAs(fileName, true);

            // Mark email as deleted from Gmail IMAP4 server.
            oClient->Delete(info);
        }

        // Quit and purge emails marked as deleted from Gmail IMAP4 server.
        oClient->Quit();
    }
    catch (Exception ^ep)
    {
        Console::WriteLine(ep->Message);
    }

    return 0;
}