[RESOLVED] POP3 Email Reader

[Jumpercables]

I am trying to write a class to read email from a pop3 server and I am trying to read information from my gmail account. But everytime I get to the line indicated I get the following error I am not sure how to combat this problem.


"Unable to write data to the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host."

Here is the code I am trying to make the initial connection.

Private _Server As TcpClient
    Private _NetStrm As NetworkStream
    Private _ReadStrm As StreamReader
    Private _IncommingData As Byte()
    Private _Password as String
    Private _Username as String 
    Private Const CRLF As String = vbCrLf
 
    Public Function Connect() As Boolean
' create server POP3 with port 110
        _Server = New TcpClient("pop.gmail.com", 110)
 
        Try
            _NetStrm = _Server.GetStream()          
            _ReadStrm = New StreamReader(_Server.GetStream()) 
 
            'Login Process
            Dim Data As String = "USER " & _Username & CRLF
 
            _IncommingData = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Data.ToCharArray())
            _NetStrm.Write(_IncommingData, 0, _IncommingData.Length)
 
            Data = "PASS " & _Password & CRLF
            _IncommingData = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Data.ToCharArray())
            _NetStrm.Write(_IncommingData, 0, _IncommingData.Length)'Error Here
 
            'Send STAT command to get information ie: number of mail and size
            Data = "STAT" + CRLF
            _IncommingData = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(Data.ToCharArray())
            _NetStrm.Write(_IncommingData, 0, _IncommingData.Length)
 
        Catch ex As Exception
            Return False
        End Try
        Return True
End Function

Thanks In Advance

[Mike Stefanik]

Unless they've recently changed things, GMail requires that you use a secure (SSL/TLS) connection. They also require implicit SSL and don't support the STLS command, which means it doesn't support secure connections over the standard port 110; you have to connect on port 995.

[Jumpercables]

Hmm let me give that a wing

[Jumpercables]

Oh that is fantastic thanks Mike

This bit of extra code made it work along with port change

_Strm = New Net.Security.SslStream(_Server.GetStream())
            DirectCast(_Strm, Net.Security.SslStream).AuthenticateAsClient(_PopServ)