Searchin good tutorial for POP3 protocol

[tehem]

I'm searching for a tutorial on pop3 protocol via C++ programming, do anyone know where I could find this?

 

[GunJack]

You're going to need to know two things to do this.

1. The actual pop3 protocol. I don't know where the official home is but this seems to be valid

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc1939.html

2. Sockets programming (unless you're using a higher level MS control). Here's one of the best tutorials I've found on this complete with source examples

http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net/

I've done this type of programming so let me know if you get stuck. I would recommend first learning the Pop protocol using telnet to get familiar with sending commands to the mail server. Once you understand the language, it's just a matter of learning how to create and connect a socket to the mail server and send the same commands.

Good luck.
GunJack@atlbiz.com

 

[tehem]

In fact I know socket programming already, and I learn the pop3 RFC, but the most difficult for now is to interpret messages and over all to tell my socket to WAIT until all mail is downloaded, well I suppose it's just a matter of message treatment as message size is obtained with the list command, isn't it?

 

[GunJack]

It sounds like you have all the background you need. Are you having a specific problem with the code? I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're having trouble with. If you're just looking for some general coding examples, I'd try searching on Google as I found a number of tutorial type pages like this one

http://www.vbip.com/winsock/winsock_pop3.asp