can we read a mail from gmail or yahoo inbox

[Guvera]

Hi

I need a suggestion. can we read a inbox mail from asp.net application?? like gmail or yahoo inbox can we read it from asp.net application and store in a database?? I need this logic.

I hopes ur reply.

[Harsh Gupta]

Try to find .Net based APIs for GMail and Yahoo Mail.

Try here and here for GMail APIs.

I am not really sure about Yahoo, though they have Yahoo Mail Web Service. Using SOAP protocols, I think you can connect to their service and get data from account.

[Disclaimer: Since Yahoo offers paid service only, I posted this information based on my assumptions and knowledge. I am trying not to post anything which is illicit in nature. At any point Mods or Admins feel this post offers prohibited information, please feel free to delete it. For GMail, proper links are added.]

Also, in any case, if you are trying to read somebody else inbox, you can't do that since you require User name and password to access data from respective account(s).

[Guvera]

Hi

Thanks for yours reply. Without setup anything, using code can we perform??

[Harsh Gupta]

Hi

Thanks for yours reply. Without setup anything, using code can we perform??

What setup are you talking about? You need to have user name and password to access folders in account. Try connecting using IMAP.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/imaplibrary.aspx