{"id":47,"date":"2008-04-06T13:45:57","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T18:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/47"},"modified":"2008-04-06T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T18:45:57","slug":"smtp-component-for-net-recommendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiredprairie.us\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/47","title":{"rendered":"SMTP Component for .NET Recommendation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been relying on the MailBee.NET SMTP Component<\/a> from AfterLogic for several months now and just wanted to recommend it to anyone needing a SMTP component for your .NET development. It’s inexpensive and easy to use:<\/p>\n

Pop3 <\/span>pop = new <\/span>Pop3<\/span>();\ntry\n<\/span>{\n    pop.Connect(emailPop3Server, 110);\n    if <\/span>(_quitting) { return<\/span>; }\n\n    pop.Login(emailAccountName, emailPassword, AuthenticationMethods<\/span>.Auto);\n    if <\/span>(_quitting) { return<\/span>; }\n\n    MailMessageCollection <\/span>msgs = pop.DownloadEntireMessages();\n    foreach <\/span>(MailMessage <\/span>m in <\/span>msgs)\n    {\n        try\n        <\/span>{\n            if <\/span>(m.HasAttachments)\n            {\n                foreach <\/span>(Attachment <\/span>attach in <\/span>m.Attachments)\n                {\n                    if <\/span>(attach.ContentType == "image\/jpeg"<\/span>)\n                    {\n                        using <\/span>(MemoryStream <\/span>memStream = new <\/span>MemoryStream<\/span>(attach.GetData()))\n                        {\n                            Image <\/span>img = Image<\/span>.FromStream(memStream);\n\n                            if <\/span>(_quitting) { return<\/span>; }\n\n                            using <\/span>(MemoryStream <\/span>compressedJPG = BuildJPGWithCompressionSetting(img, 60))\n                            {\n                                \/\/ the filename doesn't need to be meaningful, and would be better if it weren't to prevent conflicts!\n                                <\/span>string <\/span>newFileName = string<\/span>.Format("{0}.jpg"<\/span>, Guid<\/span>.NewGuid());\n                                Upload(compressedJPG, ftpSite + newFileName, ftpAccountName, ftpPassword);\n                            }\n                        }\n                    }\n                    if <\/span>(attach.ContentType == "multipart\/related"<\/span>)\n                    {\n                        \/\/MimePart mp = attach.AsMimePart;\n                        \/\/MimePartCollection mpc = mp.GetAllParts();\n                    <\/span>}\n                } \/\/ thru each attachment\n            <\/span>} \/\/ has attachement?\n        <\/span>}\n        finally\n        <\/span>{\n            m.Dispose();\n        }\n    }   \/\/ loop thru all the messages\n<\/span>}\nfinally\n<\/span>{\n    if <\/span>(pop != null<\/span>)\n    {\n        pop.DeleteMessages();\n        pop.Disconnect();\n        pop = null<\/span>;\n    }\n}<\/pre>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n
The above code is used in a Windows Service I’ve written to automatically connect to a specific e-mail address, download the messages, and automatically upload the attached images to an FTP Server (I’ve removed some of the security checks that my code does).<\/p>\n
You can see though in the code how easy it is to use the component. It takes the pain out of doing SMTP development and handles a wide variety of cases that might exist (there are multiple techniques for attaching images for example). <\/p>\n
I purchased the Single Developer License at $69 — which is a license for unlimited use of the component by me. <\/p>\n
They also have a set of components for IMAP, POP3 and security available individually or as a package deal (although it wasn’t clear the package was necessarily as good a price). <\/p>\n
AfterLogic<\/a> has a 30 day trial available for all of their components.<\/p>\n
Recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve been relying on the MailBee.NET SMTP Component from AfterLogic for several months now and just wanted to recommend it to anyone needing a SMTP component for your .NET development. 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