Read Emails
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I'v seen various posts on this and other forums about reading emails. While the C# code looks simple enough, what I'm confused on is the different 'technologies' that seem to be out there. 1) What is the difference between IMAP, MAPI, and POP3? 2) Is there a standard email message format? Thanks!
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
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I'v seen various posts on this and other forums about reading emails. While the C# code looks simple enough, what I'm confused on is the different 'technologies' that seem to be out there. 1) What is the difference between IMAP, MAPI, and POP3? 2) Is there a standard email message format? Thanks!
If it's not broken, fix it until it is
I think a simple Google search can clarify your questions. It depends on the Email provider or server configuration to access the emails. Most of the email services provides POP3/SMTP access to the user accounts. This standard is quite old and mostly meant for old mail clients. IMAP is a modern protocol to access emails and it too has several different versions. Google Mail supports POP and IMAP. On the other hand most of the corporate Emails runs Microsoft Exchange server and can be access with POP and Exchanges protocol. MAPI is a properetiery API from Microsoft to access the Exchange Server and other mail protocols.
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I'v seen various posts on this and other forums about reading emails. While the C# code looks simple enough, what I'm confused on is the different 'technologies' that seem to be out there. 1) What is the difference between IMAP, MAPI, and POP3? 2) Is there a standard email message format? Thanks!
If it's not broken, fix it until it is