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Understanding the Insides of the IMAP Mail Protocol: Part 3

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This article describes the receiving mail process in IMAP for beginners of the mail protocol.
The purpose of this article is to explore the inside of the IMAP protocol and show you how to implement it with C#.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace HigLabo.Net.Pop3
{
    /// <summary>Represents top command.
    /// </summary>
    public class TopCommand : Pop3Command
    {
        private Int64 _MailIndex = 1;
        private Int32 _LineCount = 0;
		/// <summary>
		/// 
		/// </summary>
        public override String Name
        {
            get { return "Top"; }
        }
		/// <summary>
		/// 
		/// </summary>
        public Int64 MailIndex
        {
            get { return this._MailIndex; }
        }
		/// <summary>
		/// 
		/// </summary>
        public Int32 LineCount
        {
            get { return this._LineCount; }
        }
		/// <summary>
		/// 
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="mailIndex"></param>
        public TopCommand(Int64 mailIndex)
        {
            if (mailIndex < 1)
            { throw new ArgumentException(); }
            this._MailIndex = mailIndex;
        }
		/// <summary>
		/// 
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="mailIndex"></param>
		/// <param name="lineCount"></param>
        public TopCommand(Int64 mailIndex, Int32 lineCount)
        {
            if (mailIndex < 1)
            { throw new ArgumentException(); }
            this._MailIndex = mailIndex;
            this._LineCount = lineCount;
        }
		/// <summary>
		/// 
		/// </summary>
		/// <returns></returns>
        public override String GetCommandString()
        {
            return String.Format("{0} {1} {2}", this.Name, this._MailIndex, this._LineCount);
        }
    }
}

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CEO TinyBetter, Inc
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I'm a CEO of TinyBetter, Inc in Japan.

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