I have an application that run on server,
I want that my application could received mail in order to start some function.
I would like to know what should I need to do in order to have this capability?
Do I need to build SMTP server? if so, how should I do it?
You can try: http://www.lumisoft.ee/lsWWW/download/downloads/ .
There is SMTP server component what you can use to recieve emails.
Or alternatively there is SMTP server written in C#, you can write message filter for server.
In filter you can access incoming message and do what ever you want with it.
--- Yes also as others suggested will work ok too, you just run simple mail server and get emails by pop3 or imap. Pop3 and Imap components and example applications also included in same link.
You can use IIS6 to receive email and drop it into a specified folder. Your app can then pick up those emails and do whatever it needs to with them.
Active the SMTP service in IIS. It drops emails in the C:\inetpub\smtproot\drop folder IIRC.
Then you just need a Mime parser to read the EML files. I used the one in Lumisoft when I did the same thing.
You could use any Mailserver to receive the mail and have your application check the poxtbox every 1 minute to receive the mails.
When any mail arrived (or special subject as you need), you could execute your code.
For IMAP you could look at this Library
I have previously had some success using the Chilkat POP3 component to programmatically monitor a POP3 account for incoming mail.
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I am Creating an application in c# . I have to know how can I know the status of the sended email.The status May be.
4. Track sent emails to determine if they were:
4.1 delivered
4.2 opened
4.3 recipient opt-out
4.4 bounced (with the reason for the bounce)
4.5 time/date sent
4.6 which links in the email were clicked (and time/date they were clicked)
4.7 IP address, if user clicked any links in the email
Should I use Any API or Dll or something else.Please help .Any Help will be Appreciated.
If you program your application to send mail through a hosted SMTP server like http://www.sendgrid.com or http://www.ultrasmtp.com, you can access the delivery status of messages that you've sent.
There is no easy way to do what you want. Actually this status can be tracked by your SMTP server itself and if you are using some third-party SMTP server like GMail or any corporate server, I 'm afraid they won't give you access to those information without using a authenticated client.
From your C# program, if the SmtpClient.Send() method returns true, you can assume the mail has been delivered to the SMTP server. If in case, the delivary fails, you should receive a mail to the outbound mail ID's inbox. If you want to make outbound mails appear in your outbox, you should configure IMAP/POP3 configurations accordingly.
There is no API or DLL available in exact form you want, as far as I know. You can try some other way like tracking a hash or embedded image in the mail-body from your server. But these are not reliable way as most mordern Messaging services have counter-measures for this.
I am trying to send email using the outlook in my c# app, works fine but i am getting this annoying popup message all the time saying,
"A program trying to send an e-mail message on your behalf"
How can I remove this message ?
Yes, this can be configured in the trust centre for your version of Outlook - you'll want to allow programmatic access.
There is the (big) caveat with this that it would allow malicious software on your PC to send email as you, and there have been worms that have used this as a propagation method in the past.
do you have to use Outlook API to do this - you can use
System.Net.Mail SmtpClient instead which will not give you this message
sending mail as smtp client
I have been able to send mails from my own domain successfully. My problem now is that I need to access the account and retrieve all the mails that I receive from postmaster and process the information in the mail.
How can I do this? I have been searching the web but could only find solutions involving third party libraries. .NET doesn't bring an inbuild class that helps with this?
First you need to understand what protocols does the Mail Server in question support.
You can find this by either reading the help that accompanies it or search in Google for that Mail Server. You may also need to set some settings on the server before you can start coding.
After you understood what protocols your server supports, use some of the following:
If you are using a POP3 server, you may fine the following article useful : A POP3 Client in C# .NET
If you are facing IMAP or Exchange server, you may want to the link that Billy Coover gave you: Read MS Exchange email in C#
What type of email server are you working with? If it's exchange, there are some options: Access exchange e-mail in C#
First you can try to dedect what protocols(IMAP/POP3) supported by remote server.
You can try imap_clinet_app.zip or pop3_client_app.zip applications from http://www.lumisoft.ee/lsWWW/download/downloads/Examples/ to connect your server.
If you can connect, then specified protocol supported.
Both application comes with full source code, so if can use IMAP or POP3, you can use that library in your project.
I have an email application where a user can fill out a form and the info get's mail to the form admin. I have the correct server and email credentials being set and i do not get any errors when the mail is sent. The To and From addresses are the same (admin#thedomain.com) It is like the mail is somewhere in limbo. I know the email account works, because I send mail to it from outlook. Any thoughts?
update:
Regarding code, I have created an abstraction to the System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient class. I can set another server and the code works. The server that does work is within my host’s network. The server that does not work is outside of the network. Strange thing is, like I said, I can setup the account in OutLook and I can send / receive mail fine. I’ll have to check with my vendor to see if the mail is indeed getting to their server.
My guess is permissions. Can your app send an email to your address?
I believe .net's system.web.mail sends email via relay. You need to check with your email admin to determine if your IP address is allowed on the server to relay mail.
It turned out to be a DNS issue with my hosting company. I could send mail via outlook becuase I was direclty connecting to the mail servers. The MX records were screwed up. Thanks to all who looked
As part of my app's config process, I have a sanity checker that validates all user-supplied data. This includes email server settings that the app uses to send email.
I'd like a simple sanity check on those settings without actually sending any email. It'd be great if this could support all standard flavors of SMTP setups including those with authentication/ssl/etc.
It doesn't need to be exhaustive but the more coverage, the better.
Currently all I do is verify I can open a connection to the given server on the given port. Something a little deeper would be nice.
Note: I'm not trying to validate email addresses--that's not relevant to this question.
You just open a raw connection to the server & port that the user supplies and do a
HELO Server.Domain.Com
Mail From: validaccount#domain.com
to see if you get a valid HELO response & Sender OK Response
(if smtp authentication is enabled).
Same as you would do if you telnet direct to the server.
http://www.petri.co.il/test_smtp_service.htm
This might also be useful
http://qmail.jms1.net/test-auth.shtml
I'm sure someone brighter and more qualified will pipe up with a better answer. However, at first blush I'd say that you cannot verify the ability to successfully send email without actually sending an email.
However, if you want to automate the process, you can have a 'MyApp_SanityCheck#gmail.com' (or your local domain) address.
Then you can create a watchdog application that monitors that email address, or just a simple app which programmatically interfaces with that email address and checks if an email was received within X minutes. This way you can be 100% certain that the emails are able to be sent out.
This link shows how to programmatically check gmail addresses.
An important note: If you application is sending out external emails, then it would be best if the email address you use is external, because it is possible that your server could be unable to send external emails, but internal emails go through just fine, and in that case your sanity check would send up a false positive.