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Ben Wilson
Ben Wilson

Reputation: 3137

connect to pop3.live.com using TCPClient getting time out error

i am writing a program that will connect to a hotmail email account a pop all of the emails to my windows form using C# but when i try and set up the enital connecting using TCPClient i get this error message

A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 65.55.32.247:110

here is the code i am using to connect to 

public TcpClient Server;
        public NetworkStream NetStrm;
        public StreamReader  RdStrm;
 Server = new TcpClient("pop3.live.com", 110);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 870

Answers (1)

Esoteric Screen Name
Esoteric Screen Name

Reputation: 6112

You're using the wrong port. Use 995.

For further help working with streams to read POP3 mail, see this question.

Upvotes: 2

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