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Understanding the Insides of the POP3 Mail Protocol: Part 2

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9 Dec 2012MIT5 min read 118.2K   3.2K   95  
This article describes the mail sending process for beginners of the mail protocol.
The purpose of this article is to explore the insides of the POP3 protocol and show you how to implement it with C#.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json;

namespace HigLabo.Net
{
    /// <summary>
    /// 
    /// </summary>
    public class ResponseObject
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        public String JsonText { get; private set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        public XElement XElement { get; private set; }
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        private Dictionary<String, Object> _Data = new Dictionary<string,object>();
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="name"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public Object this[String name]
        {
            get
            {
                if (_Data.ContainsKey(name) == false) { return null; }
                return _Data[name];
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        public Dictionary<String, Object>.KeyCollection Keys
        {
            get { return _Data.Keys; }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="jsonText"></param>
        public virtual void SetProperty(String jsonText)
        {
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="element"></param>
        public virtual void SetProperty(XElement element)
        {
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="jsonText"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        protected Dictionary<String, Object> SetData(String jsonText)
        {
            this.JsonText = jsonText;
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(jsonText) == false)
            {
                _Data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<Dictionary<String, Object>>(jsonText);
            }
            return _Data;
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// 
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="element"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        protected Dictionary<String, Object> SetElements(XElement element)
        {
            this.XElement = element;
            foreach (var d in element.Elements())
            {
                if (d.Name == null) { continue; }
                _Data[d.Name.LocalName] = d.Value;
            }
            foreach (var d in element.Attributes())
            {
                if (d.Name == null) { continue; }
                _Data[d.Name.LocalName] = d.Value;
            }
            return _Data;
        }
    }
}

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