How to get all messages as collection in one time

[MbarkT3sto]

Hi, please I want to get all messages from an email address Inbox as a collection.

I tried this :

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            ImapClient imapClient = new ImapClient();

            //Set host, username, password etc. for the client
            imapClient.Host = "outlook.office365.com";
            imapClient.Username = "myemail@outlook.com";
            imapClient.Password = "mypassword";
            imapClient.Port = 143;
            imapClient.ConnectionProtocols = ConnectionProtocols.Ssl;

            //Connect to the server
            imapClient.Connect();

            imapClient.Select( "Inbox" );

            //Get the last recieved message by its sequence number
            MailMessage Message = imapClient.GetFullMessage( imapClient.GetMessageCount( "Inbox" ) );

but I want to get all messages.

thank you in advance .

[Marcia.Zhou]

Hello,

Thanks for your inquiry and sorry for the late reply as weekend.

Please refer to the following code to get all messages.

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            ImapClient imapClient = new ImapClient();

            //Set host, username, password etc. for the client
            imapClient.Host = "outlook.office365.com";
            imapClient.Username = "myemail@outlook.com";
            imapClient.Password = "mypassword";
            imapClient.Port = 143;
            imapClient.ConnectionProtocols = ConnectionProtocols.Ssl;

            //Connect to the server
            imapClient.Connect();

            imapClient.Select("Inbox");
            List<MailMessage> messages = new List<MailMessage>();
            int count = imapClient.GetMessageCount("Inbox");

            for(int i = 1; i <= count; i++)
            {
                messages.Add(imapClient.GetFullMessage(i));
            }

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,
Marcia
E-iceblue support team

[MbarkT3sto]

massive thanks for you answer, I already used this method, but the problem is the messages takes a lot of time to collects, please any other method to get all messages without taking a lot of time? and massive thanks again.

[Marcia.Zhou]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply.

After further investigation, I found that the speed of getting message is related to the state of the network environment at the time. The same message will take less time to extract when the network is good, and when the network is poor, it takes longer to connect to the mailbox and extract message.

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If you do not need to extract the attachments that contained in the message, please use the ImapClient.GetMessageText(1) method to extract the message without attachments to reduce the time of extracting messages under the event of an uncertain network environment.

Sincerely,
Marcia
E-iceblue support team

[MbarkT3sto]

I used this method but the messages takes 5min to collect

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            private List<MailMessage> _GetAll()
            {
                try
                {
                    //Prepairing the configuration
                    ImapClient Imap = new ImapClient
                                      {
                                          Host                = Host,
                                          Port                = Port,
                                          Username            = Username,
                                          Password            = Password,
                                          ConnectionProtocols = ConnectionProtocols.Ssl,
                                      };

                    //Connect to the email
                    Imap.Connect();

                    //Select all emails from Inbox
                    Imap.Select("Inbox");

                    //Get all messages from email Inbox

                    List<MailMessage> Messages = new List<MailMessage>();

                    for (int i = 1; i <= Imap.GetMessageCount("Inbox"); i++)
                    {
                        Messages.Add(Imap.GetFullMessage(i));
                    }

                    return Messages;


                }
                catch (Exception e)
                {
                    throw e;
                }
            }

I have 12mb/s internet network, please any solution or advice ??

[Marcia.Zhou]

Hello,

Thanks for more information.

How many mails are in your inbox? In general, the more mail and the more data is read, the longer it takes.

Sincerely,
Marcia
E-iceblue support team

[MbarkT3sto]

I have 1221 emails, I think that may be this is the cause.

so please is any solution or method can I use to solve this issue ?

really massive thanks for your support, I appreciate this for you.

[MbarkT3sto]

Any answer please ?

[Marcia.Zhou]

Hello,

Thanks for sharing more information.

Sorry for the delay response. Our working time is from GMT+8 9:00 AM to 18:00 PM.

I suggest putting Imap.GetMessageCount("Inbox") out of the loop, please refer to the following code.

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        private List<MailMessage> _GetAll()
        {


            try
            {
                //Prepairing the configuration
                ImapClient Imap = new ImapClient
                {
                    Host = Host,
                    Port = Port,
                    Username = Username,
                    Password = Password,
                    ConnectionProtocols = ConnectionProtocols.Ssl,
                };

                //Connect to the email
                Imap.Connect();

                //Select all emails from Inbox
                Imap.Select("Inbox");

                //Get all messages from email Inbox
                int number = Imap.GetMessageCount("Inbox");
                MailMessage message = null;
                List<MailMessage> Messages = new List<MailMessage>();

                for (int i = 1; i <= number; i++)
                {
                    message = Imap.GetMessageText(i);
                    Messages.Add(message);
                }

                return Messages;


            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                throw e;
            }
        }


Besides, if you do not need to extract attachment information, I just suggest to use Imap.GetMessageText(i) to reduce the time of extracting message.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,
Marcia
E-iceblue support team

[MbarkT3sto]

unfortunately, the problem not solved.

massive thanks for your time and effort <3 .

[Marcia.Zhou]

Hello,

I am sorry that the above suggestion does not help you.

At present, we have no other solution to suggest. I will inform you when the time of the method to extract the message is optimized in the future. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.

Sincerely,
Marcia
E-iceblue support team

[MbarkT3sto]

thanks a lot, I really appreciate this for you.

[Marcia.Zhou]

Hello,

You are welcome.

If you encounter any issues related to our product in the future, just feel free to contact us.

Have a nice day!

Sincerely,
Marcia
E-iceblue support team