POP3 Client

[Alex Clark]

Hi,

Does anyone know if there are any plans to include a POP3 mail client class
in .NET 4.0? I know SmtpMail has been included for a long time (v2.0?) but
for some reason POP3 has never made the final cut.

After Googling I found that a lot of other people have been requesting this
for a few years - and yes, I also found plenty of free code to do it myself.
Just wondering why MS hasn't built it in yet? The code required would be
relatively small, so I cannot believe it's a bloat concern.

TIA,
Alex

 

[Gregory A. Beamer]

Hi,

Does anyone know if there are any plans to include a POP3 mail client
class in .NET 4.0? I know SmtpMail has been included for a long time
(v2.0?) but for some reason POP3 has never made the final cut.

After Googling I found that a lot of other people have been requesting
this for a few years - and yes, I also found plenty of free code to do
it myself. Just wondering why MS hasn't built it in yet? The code
required would be relatively small, so I cannot believe it's a bloat
concern.

I know of no plans. POP3 is more for getting mail than sending and the
primary focus of most developers is more on sending mail (from a
website, for example) than checking. I realize my statement about POP3
is over generalized, but I hope the point is there.

In the list of items people are clamoring for, I would assume there are
many more important items (at least from a popularity perspective). if
you are really strong on the inclusion of POP3, I would go to
connect.microsoft.com and join the .NET feedback group. Post your
desire. If a great number of people vote up the POP3 idea, it has a
better chance of inclusion. If not, they generally answer why it is not
going to be included when they close the item.

Peace and Grace,


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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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