Re: Monitor mailbox with POP/ASP.NET
- From: hardieca@xxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 29 Jan 2007 13:42:01 -0800
I'm actually trying to create a web application that will calculate
distances between submitted addresses via email using MapQuests
geocoding API. The idea is to use a cell phone to determine the
distance to a point of interest by emailing my server and then getting
a response back.
Using ASP.Net is not the most ideal set-up, but I can't afford the
cost of getting my own server where I could create my own Windows
service...
Regards,
Chris
On Jan 27, 6:46 pm, "Tim Mackey" <tim.mac...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
hi chris,
there are many pop3 components written in .net. they will generally consist
of a dll that you can reference in your asp.net application and use the API
provided by the component to check mail.http://www.google.com/search?q=C%23+POP3+component
i haven't used any in recent years but there are free ones that will do the
job nicely.
one question. asp.net doesn't sound like the most natural platform for a
monitoring application. asp.net runs on IIS which is request/response
platform. you will need some way to trigger your monitor, e.g.
application_start in global.asax, and then launch a thread or something with
a timer on it. sounds far from ideal though if you want consistent/reliable
monitoring without any request directly from the user. my choice would be
to develop a windows service and install it wherever you can, to check mail
periodically.
if it's just an autoresponder you need, it sounds like your host has a very
poor mail server control panel. i've never seen a hosting company that
didn't provide a web-configurable auto-responder with their mail servers.
if you aren't super-loyal to them, it may be easier to switch host than
spend a few days writing an auto-responder app just to fill the gap they
should be providing anyway.
good luck
tim
<hardi...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:1169914646.951382.80850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I would like to build a web application that will monitor a mailbox
for new emails and then send a response. I have a reseller package
with my hosting company, but they don't want to give me direct access
to the mail server's API for security reasons.
Can I instead somehow occasionally query my mailbox with POP? They
won't deploy a standard app on their server because its shared amongst
many resellers, is there a way I can do this with ASP.NET?
Regards,
Chris
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