How to get gmail inbox in C# application in VS 2012

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First You need to open Google account.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/56256?hl=en

Then You need to enable Gmail services for sending and recieving email trough other email platforms, like Your own C# application. There are two services POP and IMAP.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7104828?hl=en

Since that security issue is important to Google, all external mail clients, like Your application are marked as less secure, and there is need to enable acess to Your Gmail account from less secure applications. If You skip this step, Your applicatin will not be able to connect to Gmail account. This option is something that Google can change any time, and that would prevent Your application to function correctly.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en-GB

After those four steps are done, You can start developing mail client application in C#.

Here is a peace of code that I have used for sending mail trough my Gmail account :

void Sand_Mail()
{
MailAddress From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Željko Peric");
MailAddress To = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Željko Peric");
MailMessage Message = new MailMessage(From,To);
Message.Subject = "Test of app for sending mail";
Message.Body = "This is a test massage.";
SmtpClient Client = new SmtpClient();
Client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
Client.Port = 587;
Client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
Client.EnableSsl = true;
Client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;
System.Net.NetworkCredential Credential = new System.Net.NetworkCredential();
Credential.UserName = "[email protected]";
Credential.Password = "*****************";
Client.Credentials = Credential;
try
{
Client.Send(Message);
MessageBox.Show("Mail is sent succesfully. \n\n",
"Information",
MessageBoxButtons.OK,
MessageBoxIcon.Information );
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Mail delivery error. \n\n" +
ex.Message,
"Error !",
MessageBoxButtons.OK,
MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}

Do not forget using directive with System.Net.Mail reference:

using System.Net.Mail;

To get mail from Your Gmail account read some articles:

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/to-read-gmail-inbox-from-google-api

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7056715/reading-emails-from-gmail-in-c-sharp

https://www.emailarchitect.net/eagetmail/kb/csharp.aspx?cat=5

https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/561187/ToplusreadplusmailplusfromplusGmailplususingplusC

There are a lot of articles written on this subject.

All the best,

Željko Peric

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Mageshwaran R5y ago
Hi Shashikant,
please refer this link,
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/sending-email-using-c-sharp/
Sachin Singh5y ago
sending mail in .Net using smtp is piece of cake which everybody knows but receiving mail is not that easy and can not be done directly using any .net library, you will need some third party libraries. Follow below article. https://blog.mailtrap.io/send-emails-in-net/#Receiving_emails_in_C
Željko Perić5y ago
Hello https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/members/shashikant-eng

First You need to open Google account.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/56256?hl=en

Then You need to enable Gmail services for sending and recieving email trough other email platforms, like Your own C# application. There are two services POP and IMAP.

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7126229?hl=en

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/7104828?hl=en

Since that security issue is important to Google, all external mail clients, like Your application are marked as less secure, and there is need to enable acess to Your Gmail account from less secure applications. If You skip this step, Your applicatin will not be able to connect to Gmail account. This option is something that Google can change any time, and that would prevent Your application to function correctly.

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en-GB

After those four steps are done, You can start developing mail client application in C#.

Here is a peace of code that I have used for sending mail trough my Gmail account :
void Sand_Mail()
{
    MailAddress From = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Željko Peric");
    MailAddress To   = new MailAddress("[email protected]", "Željko Peric");

    MailMessage Message = new MailMessage(From,To);

    Message.Subject = "Test of app for sending mail";
    Message.Body    = "This is a test massage.";

    SmtpClient Client = new SmtpClient();

    Client.Host = "smtp.gmail.com";
    Client.Port = 587;

    Client.DeliveryMethod = SmtpDeliveryMethod.Network;
    Client.EnableSsl = true;
    Client.UseDefaultCredentials = false;

    System.Net.NetworkCredential Credential = new System.Net.NetworkCredential();

    Credential.UserName = "[email protected]";
    Credential.Password = "*****************";

    Client.Credentials = Credential;

    try
    {
        Client.Send(Message);

        MessageBox.Show("Mail is sent succesfully. \n\n",
                        "Information",
                        MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                        MessageBoxIcon.Information );
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show("Mail delivery error. \n\n" +
                        ex.Message,
                        "Error !",
                        MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                        MessageBoxIcon.Error);
    }
}
Do not forget using directive with System.Net.Mail reference:
using System.Net.Mail;
To get mail from Your Gmail account read some articles:

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/blogs/to-read-gmail-inbox-from-google-api

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7056715/reading-emails-from-gmail-in-c-sharp

https://www.emailarchitect.net/eagetmail/kb/csharp.aspx?cat=5

https://www.codeproject.com/Questions/561187/ToplusreadplusmailplusfromplusGmailplususingplusC

There are a lot of articles written on this subject.

All the best,
Željko Peric
Rajanikant Hawaldar5y ago
Follow this blog.

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