List messages

This example shows you how to login to IMAP server and list message from the Inbox folder.

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Email;
using Independentsoft.Email.Imap;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ImapClient client = new ImapClient("myserver");

            client.Connect();
            client.Login("username", "password");

            client.SelectFolder("Inbox");
            Envelope[] envelopes = client.ListMessages();

            for (int i = 0; i < envelopes.Length; i++)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("UniqueID = " + envelopes[i].UniqueID);
                Console.WriteLine("Subject = " + envelopes[i].Subject);
                Console.WriteLine("Date = " + envelopes[i].Date);
            }

            client.Disconnect();

            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to exit!");
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Email
Imports Independentsoft.Email.Imap

Namespace Sample
    Class Program
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
            Dim client As New ImapClient("myserver")

            client.Connect()
            client.Login("username", "password")

            client.SelectFolder("Inbox")
            Dim envelopes As Envelope() = client.ListMessages()

            For i As Integer = 0 To envelopes.Length - 1
                Console.WriteLine("UniqueID = " & envelopes(i).UniqueID)
                Console.WriteLine("Subject = " & envelopes(i).Subject)
                Console.WriteLine("Date = " & envelopes(i).Date.ToString())
            Next

            client.Disconnect()

            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to exit!")
            Console.Read()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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