Email Headers with POP
Apart from retrieving full mail messages, GemBox.Email can also enable you to get only the message headers. The headers contain information related to the message content and metadata. For more details, check out our Headers example.
To obtain the message headers, you need to use one of the PopClient.GetHeaders
methods. The result is a HeaderCollection
object, which contains a collection of Header
objects.
The following example shows how you can receive mail message headers using PopClient
.

using System;
using GemBox.Email;
using GemBox.Email.Mime;
using GemBox.Email.Pop;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
// If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
using (PopClient pop = new PopClient("<ADDRESS> (e.g. pop.gmail.com)"))
{
pop.Connect();
pop.Authenticate("<USERNAME>", "<PASSWORD>");
// Get headers for first available mail message.
HeaderCollection headers = pop.GetHeaders(1);
// Display message headers.
foreach (Header header in headers)
Console.WriteLine($"{header.Name}: {header.Body}");
}
}
}
Imports System
Imports GemBox.Email
Imports GemBox.Email.Mime
Imports GemBox.Email.Pop
Module Program
Sub Main()
' If using the Professional version, put your serial key below.
ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
Using pop As New PopClient("<ADDRESS> (e.g. pop.gmail.com)")
pop.Connect()
pop.Authenticate("<USERNAME>", "<PASSWORD>")
' Get headers for first available mail message.
Dim headers As HeaderCollection = pop.GetHeaders(1)
' Display message headers.
For Each header As Header In headers
Console.WriteLine($"{header.Name}: {header.Body}")
Next
End Using
End Sub
End Module
For more information about PopClient
, check out our POP Client Connection example.
See also
Next steps
Published: October 30, 2018 | Modified: December 19, 2022 | Author: Marko Kozlina