Way to retreive the mails

Question

Hi,

Is it a good way to use SmtpServer and retrieve all of the mails (of a period) to one mail account? And get all of the details of the mails?

Answer 1

Hi @Peter_1985 , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A,

Using SmtpServer to retrieve emails is not a good idea, because SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is mainly used to send emails, not receive emails.

You can use Microsoft's Exchange Web Services (EWS) or Microsoft Graph API to receive emails.

You can also use open source APIs such as IMAP.

Best Regards,

Jiale

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