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avi
avi

Reputation: 439

Recieving error retrieving mail with Imap on Gmail (port 143)

Hello I am currently using limilabs library to connect to my gmail account. The purpose of the program is to send mail and to receive. On my laptop I can only receive mails but on my friend's pc he can both receive and send. So my question is why can't I receive emails on my laptop?

The program is supposed to download the emails and populate the subject in a listbox and on my friend's laptop it is working but not on mine. I am getting some error with port 143. Here is part of my code. Thank you in advance.

   public void ReadMail()
    {
        using (Imap imap = new Imap())
        {
            try
            {
                imap.Connect("imap.gmail.com");  //ConnectSSL for SSL
                imap.Login("xxxxxxxxx", "xxxxxx");
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Log in failed. " + ex.ToString(), "Message",   MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);
            }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4075

Answers (2)

avi
avi

Reputation: 439

I found the solution:

I needed to use ConnectSSL method, and change the port to 993

Here is the single line of code that needed to be changed:

imap.ConnectSSL("imap.gmail.com",993);

Upvotes: 1

Bridge
Bridge

Reputation: 30651

Disclaimer - I know nothing about Limilabs mail library.

Two things come to mind:

  • You need to enable IMAP support on your account

(From the GMail help)

Enable IMAP in your Gmail settings

  • Sign in to Gmail.
  • Click the gear icon in the upper right, then select Settings.
  • Click Forwarding and POP/IMAP.
  • Select Enable IMAP.
  • Click Save Changes.
  • Wrong settings

With regards to actually connecting to IMap, the same help page gives the following settings to use:

  • imap.gmail.com
  • Port: 993
  • Requires SSL:Yes
  • Full Name or Display Name: [your name]
  • Account Name or User Name: your full Gmail address ([email protected]). Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
  • Email address: your full Gmail address ([email protected]) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com
  • Password: your Gmail password

Upvotes: 0

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