mailkit – Tarik Billa

How to send email by using MailKit?

December 13, 2023 by Tarik

The first thing you need to do is follow Google’s instructions for obtaining OAuth 2.0 credentials for your application. Once you’ve done that, the easiest way to obtain an access token is to use Google’s Google.Apis.Auth library: var certificate = new X509Certificate2 (@”C:\path\to\certificate.p12″, “password”, X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable); var credential = new ServiceAccountCredential (new ServiceAccountCredential .Initializer (“[email protected]”) { … Read more

How can I mark a message as read in MailKit

August 7, 2023 by Tarik

The way to mark messages as read using the IMAP protocol is to set the \Seen flag on the message(s). To do this using MailKit, you will first need to know either the index(es) or the UID(s) of the messages that you would like to set the \Seen flag on. Once you have that information, … Read more

How to send HTML message via Mimekit/Mailkit

March 31, 2023 by Tarik

Using a BodyBuilder like you are doing is probably the easiest way. var bodyBuilder = new BodyBuilder(); bodyBuilder.HtmlBody = “<b>This is some html text</b>”; bodyBuilder.TextBody = “This is some plain text”; message.Body = bodyBuilder.ToMessageBody(); client.Send(message);

Can I send files via email using MailKit?

February 13, 2023 by Tarik

Yes. This is explained in the documentation as well as the FAQ. From the FAQ: How do I create a message with attachments? To construct a message with attachments, the first thing you’ll need to do is create a multipart/mixed container which you’ll then want to add the message body to first. Once you’ve added … Read more