Examples

Download an Attachment by Name

The following example demonstrates how to download an attachment, by the attachment's name.

[C#]

IMAP4 imap = new IMAP4( "127.0.0.1", "dave@blah.com", "test"  );  
 
//set some logging properties  
imap.Logger = new IMAPLog(); 
imap.Logger.Overwrite = true; 
imap.Logger.InMemory = true; 
imap.Logger.Path = "c:\\imap.log"; 
 
imap.Login();  
 
MailFolder mf = imap.SelectInbox();
 
//downloads an attachment named 'sales.doc' in the first message
MimeMessage attachment = mf.FetchClient.DownloadAttachment( 1,  "sales.doc", IndexType.Ordinal, false );
if( attachment != null )
{
    attachment.Save( "c:\\temp" );
}
 
imap.Disconnect();  
 
//write out the log 
Console.WriteLine( imap.Logger.ToString() ); 
 
Console.WriteLine( "Done" );  
Console.ReadLine();

[VB.NET]

Dim imap As New IMAP4("127.0.0.1", "dave@blah.com", "test")
 
'set some logging properties  
imap.Logger = New IMAPLog()
imap.Logger.Overwrite = True
imap.Logger.InMemory = True
imap.Logger.Path = "c:\imap.log"
 
imap.Login()
 
Dim mf As MailFolder = imap.SelectInbox()
 
'downloads an attachment named 'sales.doc' in the first message
Dim attachment As MimeMessage = mf.FetchClient.DownloadAttachment(1, "sales.doc", IndexType.Ordinal, False)
If Not (attachment Is Nothing) Then
   attachment.Save("c:\temp")
End If
 
imap.Disconnect()
 
'write out the log 
Console.WriteLine(imap.Logger.ToString())
 
Console.WriteLine("Done")
Console.ReadLine()