DownloadMailMessage Method

public MailMessage DownloadMailMessage(
   int messageInboxIndex
)

Public Function DownloadMailMessage( _
   ByVal messageInboxIndex As Integer _
) As MailMessage

public:
  MailMessage DownloadMailMessage(
   int messageInboxIndex
);

Parameters

messageInboxIndex

The ordinal position of the message in the inbox. It must be in the range from 1 to MessageCount.

Return Value

Shows how to connect to a POP3 server and download a message.

using System;
using ComponentPro.Net;
using ComponentPro.Net.Mail;

...

// POP3 server information. 
const string serverName = "myserver";
const string user = "name@domain.com";
const string password = "mytestpassword";
const int port = 995;
const SslSecurityMode securityMode = SslSecurityMode.Implicit;

// Create a new instance of the Pop3 class.
Pop3 client = new Pop3();

// Connect to the server.
client.Connect(serverName, port, securityMode);

// Login to the server.
client.Authenticate(user, password);

// Get the message list.
Console.WriteLine("Getting message list...");
Pop3MessageCollection list = client.ListMessages(Pop3EnvelopeParts.MessageInboxIndex | Pop3EnvelopeParts.Size);

// Get messages. 
for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
{
    Pop3Message pop3Message = list[i];

    // Download the message to an instance of the MailMessage class. 
    MailMessage msg = client.DownloadMailMessage(pop3Message.MessageInboxIndex);

    // Display some information about it. 
    Console.WriteLine("Size: " + pop3Message.Size);
    Console.WriteLine("Number of attachments: " + msg.Attachments.Count);
    Console.WriteLine("Number of header name value pairs: " + msg.Headers.Count);
}

// Close the connection.
client.Disconnect();

Imports ComponentPro.Net
Imports ComponentPro.Net.Mail

...

' POP3 server information. 
Const serverName As String = "myserver" 
Const user As String = "name@domain.com" 
Const password As String = "mytestpassword" 
Const port As Integer = 995
Const securityMode As SslSecurityMode = SslSecurityMode.Implicit

' Create a new instance of the Pop3 class. 
Dim client As New Pop3()

' Connect to the server.
client.Connect(serverName, port, securityMode)

' Login to the server.
client.Authenticate(user, password)

' Get the message list.
Console.WriteLine("Getting message list...")
Dim list As Pop3MessageCollection = client.ListMessages(Pop3EnvelopeParts.MessageInboxIndex Or Pop3EnvelopeParts.Size)

' Get messages. 
For i As Integer = 0 To list.Count - 1
    Dim pop3Message As Pop3Message = list(i)

    ' Download the message to an instance of the MailMessage class. 
    Dim msg As MailMessage = client.DownloadMailMessage(pop3Message.MessageInboxIndex)

    ' Display some information about it. 
    Console.WriteLine("Size: " & pop3Message.Size)
    Console.WriteLine("Number of attachments: " & msg.Attachments.Count)
    Console.WriteLine("Number of header name value pairs: " & msg.Headers.Count)
Next i

' Close the connection.
client.Disconnect()

Reference