Thunderbird is an open-source email client application that lets you configure multiple email servers and access their email messages. This makes it possible for you to manage emails from multiple accounts in a single place. In certain cases, you may need to create and access email messages in Thunderbird storage programmatically. Accordingly, in this article, you will learn how to write and read messages on Thunderbird storage in C# .NET.
- .NET API to Write and Read Messages in Thunderbird
- Write Messages on Thunderbird Storage
- Read Messages from Thunderbird Storage
C# .NET API to Write and Read Messages in Thunderbird Storage
To write and read email messages in Thunderbird storage, we will use Aspose.Email for .NET. It is an email processing API that lets you manipulate emails and work with popular email clients such as Thunderbird, Outlook, etc. You can download the API’s DLL or install it from NuGet using the following command.
PM> Install-Package Aspose.Email
Write a Message on Thunderbird Storage in C# .NET
You can create new messages and store them on Thunderbird’s storage within a few steps using Aspose.Email for .NET. The following are the steps to perform this operation in C#.
- First, load the MBOX file into a FileStream object.
- Then, create an instance of MboxrdStorageWriter and initialize it with the stream.
- After that, create a new MailMessage and set its properties.
- Write message to storage using MboxrdStorageWriter.WriteMessage(MailMessage) method.
- Finally, dispose of the writer and close the stream.
The following code sample shows how to write a message to Thunderbird storage in C# .NET.
Read Messages from Thunderbird Storage in C#
To read the messages from Thunderbird storage, we need to load the storage file using MboxrdStorageReader class. The following are the steps to read messages from Thunderbird in C#.
- First, load the MBOX file into a FileStream object.
- Then, create an instance of MboxrdStorageReader to read the storage file.
- After that, read first message using MboxrdStorageReader.ReadNextMessage() method.
- Then, start a loop to iterate through all the messages.
- Read each message and save it on disk if required.
- Finally, dispose of the reader at the end.
The following code sample shows how to read messages from Thunderbird storage in C#.
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Conclusion
Using Thunderbird, you can access email messages from multiple accounts at a single location. In this article, you have learned how to write messages to Thunderbird storage in C# .NET. Also, you have seen how to read messages from Thunderbird storage programmatically. Apart from that, you can visit the documentation to explore other features of Aspose.Email for .NET. In case you would have any questions, you can post to our forum.