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c#winformsdatagridviewopenpop

OpenPop Body c#


I am trying to read a body from e-mail, but on my datagridview I have only two messages and there is an information: "object reference not set to an instance of an object"

private DataTable dt;
private Pop3Client client = new Pop3Client();

private void button11_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    dt = new DataTable("Inbox");
    dt.Columns.Add("Subject");
    dt.Columns.Add("Sender");
    dt.Columns.Add("Body");
    dt.Columns.Add("Time");
    dataGridView1.DataSource = dt;

     try
     {               
        client.Connect("pop-mail.outlook.com", 995, true);
        client.Authenticate(textBox6.Text, textBox5.Text);
        var count = client.GetMessageCount();
        int messageCount = client.GetMessageCount();
        for (int i = count; i >= 1; i -= 1)
        {
            OpenPop.Mime.Message message = client.GetMessage(i);                   
            OpenPop.Mime.MessagePart messagePart = message.MessagePart.MessageParts[1];

            string test = messagePart.BodyEncoding.GetString(messagePart.Body);

            dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { message.Headers.Subject, message.Headers.Sender, test, message.Headers.DateSent });
        }               
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

Solution

  • Make sure, you message object is not null by check for null

    OpenPop.Mime.Message message = client.GetMessage(i);
    //Check you message is not null
    if(message != null){
        OpenPop.Mime.MessagePart messagePart = message.MessagePart.MessageParts[1];
    
        string test = messagePart.BodyEncoding.GetString(messagePart.Body);
    
        dt.Rows.Add(new object[] { message.Headers.Subject, message.Headers.Sender, test, message.Headers.DateSent });
    }