An IMAP Control/Component by AfterLogic Corporation

MailBee IMAP4 V5.4

MailBee IMAP4 Component enables application developers to quickly add advanced IMAP4 capabilities to their Windows or Web applications. IMAP4 supports message search and check for new/read/unread status (all of above - without downloading entire messages or even message headers). Basic features are also supported - preview messages, retrieve, parse and manage messages and mailboxes. The component can be used in any ActiveX-compatible environment such as ASP, VB, VBA, .Net, ColdFusion.

IMAP4 Object Features

• Retrieves entire message, message header, message header and part of message body, message envelope and body structure


• Searches messages that match specified criteria


• Retrieves, selects and manages mailboxes


• Copies and deletes messages on the IMAP4 server


• Provides event notification mechanism and background processing


• Supports logging IMAP4 session into the file


• Executes user-supplied commands


• Ping method for keeping connection alive


• Automatically decodes received messages from MIME format


• Automatically generates plain-text version for HTML-only messages


• Supports UIDs


• Full support for Unicode and UTF8. Supports international headers, attachment names, bodies, etc.

Message Object Features

• Available in all MailBee Objects packages (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, Objects). Used as a main unit POP3/IMAP4 retrieval and SMTP sending methods operate with


• Because SMTP object composes messages using Message object, all composing functionality of SMTP object also applies to Message object


• Includes collection of a message's attachments


• Provides access to custom message headers through GetHeader method


• Can display HTML messages saving all necessary files


• Can create HTML messages importing all necessary files


• International characters sets, Unicode, UTF8 fully supported


• Can be created explicitly through CreateObject and then saved to disk or sent by SMTP object


• Any content can be loaded to RawBody property (such as content of message file or attachment with message inside)


• RawBody operates symmetrically: when you set Message properties or call Message-affecting methods (such as AddAttachment),
RawBody will reflect this changes next time you read it; when you load RawBody with new value, other Message properties such as BodyText are refreshed

• No redundant refreshes on RawBody. If you sequentially change some Message properties, RawBody will be updated only when you read it, not after every changing Message properties

Technical Information

Component Type - Contains the following types of components...

• .Net Class Library  • ActiveX Component (in process, DLL)

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