IMAP MailClient C#

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     //-->This is delegate for the thread
	 private delegate void IUThread();

	//-->This is my forms Click event.It will allow to do in a UIThread.
        private void btnDownload_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            Thread objThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(DownloadMail));
            objThread.Start();
        }
    

        private void DownloadMail()
        {
            DataTable dtRows = new DataTable();
            dtRows.Columns.Add("FromId", typeof(string));
            dtRows.Columns.Add("Date", typeof(string));
            dtRows.Columns.Add("Subject", typeof(string));
            dtRows.Columns.Add("No", typeof(string));
            //--> This use for gmail.
            #region Gmail
            //string host = "imap.gmail.com";
            //string username = "userName@gmail.com";
            //string password = "";
            #endregion            
            //--> This is for yahoo.
            #region Yahoo
            string host = "imap.mail.yahoo.com";
            string username = "">userName@yahoo.com";
            string password = "";
            #endregion
            
            #region ImapExample
            TcpIMAP imap = new TcpIMAP();
            imap.Connect(host, 993);
            //--> This is Gmail User Authentication.
            #region Gmail Authentication User
            //imap.AuthenticateGmailUser(username, password);
            #endregion
            //--> This is Yahoo User Authentication.
            #region Yahoo Authentication User
            imap.AuthenticateYahooUser(username, password);
            #endregion
            
            mailCount = imap.MailCount();
            imap.MailUnreadCount();
            // You need to select the inbox in order to view the your messages
            imap.SelectInbox();
            string sSubjectToTrap = "";
            string sFromIdToTrap = "";
            string sDateTime = "";
            /*
             * Uncomment code below to get the message header and body for the 
             * first message in your mailbox.
             * */
            try
            {
                for (int i = 1; i <= mailCount; i++)
                {
                    dump = (string)imap.GetMessageHeaders(i);
                    if (dump.Contains("Subject"))
                    {
                        sSubjectToTrap = hlprCapStr(dump, "Subject:").Trim();
                        sFromIdToTrap = hlprCapStr(dump, "From:").Trim();
                        sFromIdToTrap = sFromIdToTrap.Substring(sFromIdToTrap.IndexOf("<") + 1);
                        sFromIdToTrap = sFromIdToTrap.Replace(">", "");
                        sDateTime = hlprCapStr(dump, "Date:").Trim();
                        this.Dispatcher.BeginInvoke((IUThread)delegate
                        {
                            dtRows.Rows.Add(sSubjectToTrap, sDateTime, sFromIdToTrap, i);
                            dtMail.ItemsSource = dtRows.DefaultView;
                            progressMail.Value = System.Convert.ToDouble(i) / System.Convert.ToDouble(mailCount) * 100;
                        }
                        );
                    }
                }
            }
            catch(Exception)
            {
            }
            finally
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Congratulation you done...!!" + "  " + mailCount + "  Mail");
                imap.Disconnect();
            }
            #endregion   
        }

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