How can I use IMAP commands in VB.net to get response from Gmail.com server?

Question

I\'m using Visual Basic 2010 professional edition and I\'m working on a software that part of it is to get the [Inbox] E-mails, but I can not even get a response from the se

Answer 1

Every IMAP command needs to have a "Tag" prefixed in front of it, which is a random alphanumeric string you need to generate. Typically a login process looks like this:

A001 LOGIN user password
A002 SELECT INBOX
A003 ...
...
A010 LOGOUT