How to receive mail using SMTP ?

SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transport Protocol. It is only the protocol with which mail servers send messeages between each other. It is only useful for sending mail. It will send mail to a mail server, where a recipient will connect and retrieve it at their liesure. In order to retrieve it, the user must communicate with the mail server using the POP3 protocol or IMAP4 protocol (there are others, but they are mostly outdated and not used by the general public). The most popular is POP3, which stands for Post Office Protocol. If you are writing a program that communicates with the mail server to retrieve messages, you need to implement the POP3 protocol, or use a component that implements the POP3 protocol. I recommend using the Indy components from Nevrona. Version 10 is available for C# and is free. http://www.indyproject.org/download/index.iwp

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spgilmore21y ago
SMTP stands for Simple Mail Transport Protocol. It is only the protocol with which mail servers send messeages between each other. It is only useful for sending mail. It will send mail to a mail server, where a recipient will connect and retrieve it at their liesure. In order to retrieve it, the user must communicate with the mail server using the POP3 protocol or IMAP4 protocol (there are others, but they are mostly outdated and not used by the general public). The most popular is POP3, which stands for Post Office Protocol. If you are writing a program that communicates with the mail server to retrieve messages, you need to implement the POP3 protocol, or use a component that implements the POP3 protocol. I recommend using the Indy components from Nevrona. Version 10 is available for C# and is free. http://www.indyproject.org/download/index.iwp