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integrating with lotus notes using visual C# to download attachments based on subject line and store in a specific location

I have to write a code that integrates visual C# with an active lotus notes server and searches for attachments in the inbox given a specific string in the subject line, these attachments need to be stored in a specific server location.

I am new to C# hence would appreciate any help from anybody who has done something similar

Sjef Bosman

If you want to migrate (the contents of) many mails, better buy a 3rd party tool. If you want to export only attachments, it seems a lot easier to write your code in LotusScript and run it on the Domino server. Or, if it has to be used by a browser, as an XPage or an agent.

> ... in the inbox ...
Whose inbox? The current user's?

How much experience do you have as a Notes developer?

Francesca Mathew

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Hello,
Yes I only want to download the attachments and store it in a server.
To answer your questions,
1. The current users inbox
2.i am new to this and have no concrete direction as to how to go about this

Sjef Bosman

I have little experience with C# myself, so I would like to suggest this approach:
- develop a web agent, to be called by an URL
- the URL contains part of the subject to search for, and maybe other elements
- the agent can be developed, tested and run on the Domino server
- the agent can save attachments into a directory
- the agent is written in LotusScript (or Java)
- so all you do from C# is invoke the URL with some parameters and wait for the result

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