I need to write an application that can read email and attachments from a mailbox in Exchange 2007. What is the best way to do this? Outlook Redemption works, but is there a better way?
Share
Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I need to write an application that can read email and attachments from a mailbox in Exchange 2007. What is the best way to do this? Outlook Redemption works, but is there a better way?
There are several ways to do this. Starting from POP3 or IMAP (as indicated by Dominik) to more powerful options such as the ones listed at Exchange Development Technologies.
I would avoid starting new developments with APIs that are being phased out by Microsoft, so you may want to take a look at the Exchange Server 2010’s version of the article above.
A safe bet would be to use Exchange Web Services (a.k.a EWS). You should be able to program against it using any language capable of doing SOAP Web Services.
If you are programming against .Net Framework 3.5 or above and Exchange Server 2007 SP1 or above, you can use EWS Managed API which is the client-side API for EWS and offers a much cleaner experience than the one provided by auto-generated web service proxies (via Add Web Reference menu item).