Code for logging into webmail account

[brucemc]

Hi,

I want to write an application that logs into my webmail account and automatically and reads my emails. I need to know what type of authentication hostgator require. I'm writting in VB.Net.

Any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated..

Regards
Bruce

[quietFinn]

Originally Posted by brucemc

Hi,

I want to write an application that logs into my webmail account and automatically and reads my emails. I need to know what type of authentication hostgator require. I'm writting in VB.Net.

Any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated..

Regards
Bruce

There is not such a thing as "webmail account". You have email account(s), and webmail is just one type of email client.

If you want your application to fetch emails from your email account you can use either POP3 or IMAP protocol.

[GatorDaveC]

I think I agree with quietFinn on this one. Scraping the webmail pages isn't really the best way to have an application read your e-mails. I scrape pages as a last resort.

Using IMAP or POP3 would probably be the easiest way to do it, and basically all the examples you would need are located here ( http://www.example-code.com/vbdotnet/imap.asp )

[computergeek7632]

Anyone here know how to create a login on your website for your webmail account? If so shoot me a private message this would really help...

[striddy]

Originally Posted by computergeek7632

Anyone here know how to create a login on your website for your webmail account?

Create a link, just like any other link. Nothing difficult if you have a basic understanding of html.

[GatorDaveC]

Originally Posted by computergeek7632

Anyone here know how to create a login on your website for your webmail account? If so shoot me a private message this would really help...

If you look at most login pages, there will be a form. What you need to do is get the action URL and know which POST or GET variables its passing, and make a couple of input fields on your site.

[computergeek7632]

Hehe let me clarify. if anyone wants to let me pay them to do it shoot me a pm :P