In previous section, I introduced how to parse non-delivery report (NDR) in C#. In this section, I will introduce how to create folders and manage folders with IMAP4/Exchange Web Service (EWS)/WebDAV protocol in C#.
Sections:
Because IMAP4/Exchange Web Service (EWS)/WebDAV protocol supports folder access, so we can retrieve email from other mailbox rather than default “INBOX”, I have introduced it in other sections. In this section, I will introduce how to use EAGetMail to create folder and delete folder with IMAP4/Exchange Web Service/WebDAV protocol. Notice: POP3 protocol doesn’t support this feature.
The following example codes demonstrate how to create folder and delete
folder. In order to run it correctly, please change
email server
, user
, password
, folder
, file name
values.
Note
To get the full sample projects, please refer to Samples section.
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.IO;
using EAGetMail; // add EAGetMail namespace
namespace receiveemail
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
// To create folder with Exchange Web Service, please change
// ServerProtocol.Imap4 to ServerProtocol.ExchangeEWS to MailServer constructor
// and also set oServer.SSLConnection to true
// To create folder with Exchange WebDAV, please change
// ServerProtocol.Imap4 to ServerProtocol.ExchangeWebDAV to MailServer constructor
// Exchange Server supports IMAP4 protocol as well, but in Exchange 2007
// or later version, IMAP4 service is disabled by default. If you don't want to use IMAP4
// to manage folder from Exchange Server, you can use Exchange Web Service (Exchange 2007-2019 or
// later version) or WebDAV (Exchange 2000/2003) protocol.
MailServer oServer = new MailServer("imap4.emailarchitect.net",
"test@emailarchitect.net",
"testpassword",
ServerProtocol.Imap4);
// Enable SSL/TLS connection, most modern email server require SSL/TLS by default
oServer.SSLConnection = true;
oServer.Port = 993;
// if your server doesn't support SSL/TLS, please use the following codes
// oServer.SSLConnection = false;
// oServer.Port = 143;
MailClient oClient = new MailClient("TryIt");
oClient.Connect(oServer);
// create folder
Imap4Folder folder = oClient.CreateFolder(null, "TestFolder");
// get existed folders.
Imap4Folder[] folders = oClient.GetFolders();
for (int i = 0; i < folders.Length; i++)
{
Imap4Folder fd = folders[i];
Console.WriteLine("folder: {0}", fd.FullPath);
}
// delete folder
oClient.DeleteFolder(folder);
oClient.Logout();
}
catch (Exception ep)
{
Console.WriteLine(ep.Message);
}
}
}
}
To retrieve emails from a specified folder, please use SelectFolder method; To move email from a folder to another folder, please use Move method; To copy email from a folder to another folder, please use Copy method; To upload an email file from local disk to server folder, please use Append method.
Note
Please refer to ImapFull project for more detail.
Since Exchange 2007 or later version (2010/203), IMAP4 protocol does not expose public folders to mail client. If you want to access public folders on MS Exchange 2007/2010/2013/2016/2019 or later version, please use MailClient.QueryEWSPublicFolders method.
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Total sample projects in EAGetMail Mail Component installation package.
Appendix
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