Hi,

I am a beginner to C# .NET programming. Here is a small question.

I wish to write an email application in C# .NET. My application shall communicate with an exchange server (2003) running on a server in our domain. I need to send/receive mails.. access calendar.. notify any events.. (a substitute to Outlook but not as complicated as Outlook.. a simple one.)

I am not sure how to proceed. Please suggest.

I have gone through MAPI.. but not quite satisfied.. rather.. not quite sure that I can use in this..

I have heard of WebDAV... but didn't try it.

Please suggest how shall I proceed.

Thanks a lot.

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Gopi.

With all due respect this is not a project for a beginner in C#. However simplified you think this will be compared to Outlook it is still a huge task. Remember that the Microsoft Outlook team comprises dozens of participants. A simple client that sends and receives emails using a basic user interface is more reasonable.

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)

This really isnt a small question for a beginner and I see that you are looking for a system less complicated then outlook, have you investigated the Outlook web client? This is essentially Outlook express through a webpage and it is not that difficult to use and very straight forward.

In so far as WebDAV, it is NOT the easiest thing to learn and you can read up a bit about it here:
http://www.msexchange.org/articles/A...ox-WebDAV.html

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Thanks a lot for your suggestion.

I didn't know that it is extremely difficult.

Still... I dont want to leave it without even giving a try.

Is it reasonable to start with an application that would just send/receive emails?

Just to make clear, I am not a novice.. I have made some decent apps ..

@joefawcett

Shall I go ahead and use MAPI? please suggest.

Thanks,
Gopi.

I never said that WebDAV was extremely difficult to learn just that it is not the EASIEST thing to learn.

I think what Joe is saying is that if you are taking the position that you are going to write your own application to handle emails back and forth from an Exchange server, you need to understand that the team that maintains Outlook has many members so writing a full featured Mail client is a large task for one person. However, an application that has the ability to send and recieve email would be a much simpler app for a single person to create and maintain.

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Well I would use SMTP for sending, Exchange doesn't use POP3 by default but can be set up to use it. This would probably be easier than MAPI. You could also start looking at System.Net.MailMessage and there are third-party components that you can use to provide the email functionality. Then you can concentrate on the UI.

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Thanks.

WebDAV seems more of a Web-based solution...

What do you think about MAPI?

or any such for a Client-Server application...

Thanks,
Gopi.

er... I got the answer while I was sending the question..

Thanks for your time..

I would try the both..

Gopi.

WebDAV is not easy. I have decided to use WebDAV .NET for Exchange API. It comes with many examples http://www.independentsoft.de/webdav...ial/index.html

/Julia