Collect HotMail from a VB program

Frogman

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Feb 3, 2003, 5:01:27 AM2/3/03

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Does anybody know the protocol required to interact with hotmail so that
mail from an account can be downloaded. I know outlook express does this
and I need to emulate the collection cycle in vb.net code.

regards
Howard

Richard T. Edwards

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Feb 3, 2003, 10:19:28 AM2/3/03

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Have you tried using https with a tcpclient?

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Frogman

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Feb 3, 2003, 11:14:15 AM2/3/03

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Thanks Richard.

That will not work mate. It requires interaction with an ASP page posted
through the URL. What I need to know is what is the structure of such
communication. Is it documented anywhere?

Something along the lines of http://lc5.law5.hotmail.passport.com?login=
etc......

regards
Howard

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Richard T. Edwards

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Feb 3, 2003, 11:39:41 AM2/3/03

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You're exactly right. I thought I had this code down. Tried it and got
errors.
So, maybe someone from the Microsoft side can shed some light on how to do
it right.

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John Eikanger [MSFT]

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Feb 5, 2003, 5:15:56 PM2/5/03

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Hi, Howard (& RT)

I went out and tried to find out if there is a way to access Hotmail
programmatically. The answer is that there is no supported way to do so.
The interfaces are proprietary and unpublished. I did find out that
Outlook Express uses Simple MAPI to talk to Hotmail, so you might be able
to figure out what is happening with a good sniffer.

Sorry I can't offer you more.

John Eikanger
Microsoft Visual Basic Team

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Richard T. Edwards

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Richard T. Edwards

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Richard T. Edwards

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Feb 6, 2003, 9:53:40 AM2/6/03

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Okay, I'm getting peeved. My OE thinks it should send out a response if I
click on the group item and then click on the reply. Really annoying.

Thanks John. I kind of had a hunch this was the case. I haven't tried to
serialize the smtp connection to Hotmail yet. Been too busy working on my
website. But will shortly.

I appreciate the heads up. Its nice knowing one of the most dedicated
technical support Enginners went out of his way to help us to try find a
solution to this problem.

thanx.

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John Eikanger [MSFT]

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Feb 6, 2003, 2:01:59 PM2/6/03

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Hi, RT

Based on your previous 2 responses, I think I know where you're doing your
testing. <g>

Either that or the Tomcat mirror database is acting up again.

Later,

John

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Daniel Okely

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Feb 11, 2003, 2:37:43 AM2/11/03

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Google search for Coulter Software and HotmailBox. I have a open-source VB6
Hotmail reading program from them. If you can't find it, drop me an email
and I can send you the project & source code.

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Daniel Okely
dbokely at yahoo.com.au

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