Programmatically searching GMail?

Question

Is there any way to programmatically search GMail, preferably using C#?

For example, I\'d like to get all email messages matching the search label:MyLabel from:no_re

Answer 1

Create an IMAP client, or use a library, to access Gmail and search for e-mail messages. The IMAP protocol explicitly supports searching on the server-side. Make sure IMAP access is enabled for the Gmail account.

Note that in Gmail, labels are treated like IMAP folders.