MailMessage & mime encoded SMTP data

[asnowfall@gmail.com]

I am trying to build System.Mail.Mai lMessage object out of mime encoded
SMTP data. I have following questions

Byte[] byteMailData; //mime encoded STMP data for "email with
attachment"

1) MailMessage.Bod y = Convert(byteMai lData);
If I do the above, will MailMessage object extract the Message
BODY, Message HEADER and Attachments automatically.

2) Can MailMessage.Att achemnt() understand MIME encoded attachment
data?


3) Is there a .Net class to decode MIME data?

Thanks
Ramesh

[Peter Bromberg [C# MVP]]

RE: MailMessage & mime encoded SMTP data

Ramesh,

You could not do 1) because you would not be able to assign byteMailData,
which represents an entire message including attachment to just the body
property of a Mailmessage.
For 2), yes the attachment should understand this. I say "should' Because I
am not 100% sure.

For 3) , yes there are custom libraries that encode / decode MIME, but they
are provided by third parties. I have seen at least 2 that are free and
open-source.
Peter

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"asnowfall@gmai l.com" wrote:
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> I am trying to build System.Mail.Mai lMessage object out of mime encoded
> SMTP data. I have following questions
>
> Byte[] byteMailData; //mime encoded STMP data for "email with
> attachment"
>
> 1) MailMessage.Bod y = Convert(byteMai lData);
> If I do the above, will MailMessage object extract the Message
> BODY, Message HEADER and Attachments automatically.
>
> 2) Can MailMessage.Att achemnt() understand MIME encoded attachment
> data?
>
>
> 3) Is there a .Net class to decode MIME data?
>
> Thanks
> Ramesh
>
>[/color]

[asnowfall@gmail.com]

Re: MailMessage & mime encoded SMTP data

Thank you
Ramesh