Requests the mail server to start TLS/SSL negotiation and protect the connection with security layer.

Return Value

true if TLS/SSL negotiation succeeded and the connection is now secured with TLS/SSL layer; otherwise, false.

Remarks

As alternative to calling StartTls method, the developer can ask MailBee to start TLS/SSL negotiation automatically by setting SslMode property value to OnConnect or UseStartTls.

Note   Not all mail servers support TLS/SSL functionality.

Exceptions

Example

This sample attempts to establish TLS/SSL connection with the IMAP4 server and displays the number of messages in the inbox on success.

[C#]
// To use the code below, import MailBee namespaces at the top of your code.
using MailBee;
using MailBee.ImapMail;

// The actual code (put it into a method of your class).
Imap imp = new Imap();
imp.Connect("mail.domain.com");
imp.StartTls();
imp.Login("jdoe", "secret");
imp.SelectFolder("Inbox");
Console.WriteLine(imp.MessageCount);
imp.Disconnect();

[Visual Basic]
' To use the code below, import MailBee namespaces at the top of your code.
Imports MailBee
Imports MailBee.ImapMail

' The actual code (put it into a method of your class).
Dim imp As New Imap
imp.Connect("mail.domain.com")
imp.StartTls()
imp.Login("jdoe", "secret")
imp.SelectFolder("Inbox")
Console.WriteLine(imp.MessageCount)
imp.Disconnect()

See Also

Imap Class | MailBee.ImapMail Namespace | SslMode | SslProtocol | BeginStartTls

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