Keywords: email, e-mail, mail, imap, imap4, ssl, gmail, asp, vb, vba, vb6, visual basic, delphi, component, com, activex, dll, object, download, html, message, attachment, ntlm, gssapi, folder, envelope, body, header, 64, parse, delete, upload, append, search, receive, retrieve, idle, quota, mime

MailBee IMAP4 ActiveX component enables Windows and classic ASP applications to search, receive, parse, upload and manage mail and folders on IMAP servers (including Gmail). Supports TLS/SSL, S/MIME, read/unread message status and other IMAP flags, HTML mail with embedded pictures, secure authentication (including NTLM, GSSAPI/NTLM and GSSAPI/Kerberos methods which are used by MS Exchange), Integrated Windows Authentication, international charsets and UTF-8, multiple attachments, downloading envelopes/body structures/headers/entire messages, managing mailboxes, special mailbox flags like Sent or Drafts, UTF-7M encoded mailbox names, international e-mail addresses (IDN domains), custom commands, IDLE, SPECIAL-USE, XLIST, MOVE, SORT and QUOTA extensions. Provides accurate and fast MIME parser.

MailBee IMAP4 component can be used together with MailBee S/MIME and MailBee SMTP components. For instance, it's possible to download e-mail from IMAP server, modify it and resend it to SMTP server.

MailBee.dll is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. It's very light-weight and has no visual interface (pure COM component). Works in all Windows versions from 2000 to 2012 with most languages which support ActiveX. Samples are available for Visual Basic 6, Visual C++, Delphi, classic ASP. Royalty-free distribution.