How to create an email application in .net

hii friends I am beginner in .net and want to create an email client for my academic project .so plz help me ......and also metion the basic requirement for this..

thanks

The first requirement is to define the specification of the e-mail client. e.g.:
- Which protocol (POP3 etc.) do you want to support
- Do you want to create it all from scratch?
- Do you want to use existing protocol library and only concentrate on user interface
- How should the user interface look like.
- Which functions should the user be able to perform.

It is not the easiest task for a beginner, but not impossible either if you really want to go for it.

yes i would like to go with existing protocol like POP3 ,SMTP . user interface should be simple the basic functionality it must have is sending and receiving mails to any other mail server and user account management

Now you just have to ask a question.

Please be specific at what you want help with.
What have you already tried?

Have you tried searching for tutorials?

yes I searched for tutorial ...but what they told me is i need a email server and web server too and providing the setup of it but what i really want to know whether i can't make it without using these .exe coz I want to make it completely by myself

gui is not a matter of concern. so plz tell me what i have to do for sending and receiving of mails and also how to use protocols

send me some useful links


thanks

An e-mail client will need an e-mail server.
My recommendation will be that you use one of the existing mail server first, before you try to create you own.

Regarding the protocols, you can always start with wikipedia. It has a lot of information including links to the official specifications:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POP3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMTP

thanks a lot
sorry i think i am confusing b/w the terms like email client and a simple email application like, what i want to do is to make an webmail application like gmail not like outlook . once again sorry for not mentioning clearly in previous.

so plz what now i really need a email server or not, if yes so which server i would have to see , plz mention a simple one

thanks

I have only experience with www.hmailserver.com.

so it means that to make an webemail application like gmail I also need an email server.....i browse this link also and downlaoded an .rar application of emailserver but error encounters during installation.............

Thank you for this information.

When working with e-mail, protocols must be addressed. First Protocol sends a message , and the second retrieves them from the server (POP3). There is also a third protocol retrieves addresses receiving server .

The aim of this series is to create a POP3 and SMTP e-mail to an Outlook Express look alike on the Internet e-mail application. Component classes will be created in Visual NET.

And I'm not going to cover the basics of VB.NET. I assume that you have to know the average VB. NET and ASP.NET.

Thank you for reply

rosylee

On MSDN, take a look at System.Net.Mail. This is an easy easy task.

Thank you for suggestion
Rosylee

yes I hunt down excercise ...but what they told me is i require a message server and network server excessively and giving the setup of it but what i totally prefer to know if i would not be able to cause it without to be using these .exe coz I need to make it comprehensively independent from anyone else

gui is not a matter of concern. so plz advise me what i need to accomplish for sending and gaining of sends and likewise how to utilize methodologies

send me some advantageous channels