Download email??

Hello group! I've been trying for 2 weeks to figure out how to download email! I had it working in VB6, but can't get it in .net :(

Any ideas? I've been trying to use winsock, but I can't get any messages the mail server sends to me. Like... I use winsock to connect to the server, at the proper port... I see the little internet connection icon in windows flash a few times telling me it's sending and receiving a few bytes... but I can't seem to get my hands on those bytes that are coming in, so I can't tell what message the server is giving me.