>Hi,
>
>We're developing an application that requires retrieval of e-mail messages.
>
>We already have a module that sends e-mails via SMTP, but there seems to be no method of using SMTP to retrieve e-mail messages.
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>Do we need to do Outlook (or some other e-mail client) automation?
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>Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
>TIA,
>Arriyel

One product to consider would be POP3 Wizard v2. It supports the POP3 Protocol and gives you good control over the messages retreived, i.e. attachments, html message part, plaintext message part and more.

http://www.seekfordsolutions.com/products/pop3wizard/

You should consider multiple options and choose the one that will work best for you.

Thanks,