• Extension of the LIST command: XLIST
• Extension of the SEARCH command: X-GM-RAW
• Access to the Gmail unique message ID: X-GM-MSGID
• Access to the Gmail thread ID: X-GM-THRID
• Access to Gmail labels: X-GM-LABELS
• OAuth and OAuth 2.0: XOAUTH, XOAUTH2

You can read on how to use Mail.dll with Gmail in the following articles:

• Get Gmail thread id
• Search Gmail thread id
• Get Gmail message id
• Search Gmail message id
• Get Gmail labels for specified messages
• Label message with Gmail label
• Search Gmail label
• Localized Gmail IMAP Folders
• Search Gmail using Gmail’s search syntax
• Create Gmail url-ID via IMAP

OAuth 2.0

• OAuth 2.0 with Gmail over IMAP for web applications
• OAuth 2.0 with Gmail over IMAP for installed applications

OAuth 1.0

• OAuth with Gmail
• 2-legged OAuth with Gmail
• Get Google contacts

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Arguments passed along with the X-GM-RAW attribute when executing the SEARCH command will be interpreted in the same manner as in the Gmail web interface.

// C# version

using (Imap imap = new Imap())
{
    imap.ConnectSSL("imap.gmail.com");
    imap.UseBestLogin("pat@gmail.com", "password");

    // Select 'All Mail' folder
    CommonFolders common = new CommonFolders(client.GetFolders());
    client.Select(common.AllMail);

    List<long> uids = imap.Search().Where(
        Expression.GmailRawSearch(
            "in:inbox subject:Notification with -without"));

    foreach (MessageInfo info in imap.GetMessageInfoByUID(uids))
    {
        Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1}",
            info.Envelope.GmailThreadId,
            info.Envelope.Subject);
    }

    imap.Close();
}

' VB.NET version

Using imap As New Imap()
	imap.ConnectSSL("imap.gmail.com")
	imap.UseBestLogin("pat@gmail.com", "password")

	' Select 'All Mail' folder
	Dim common As New CommonFolders(client.GetFolders())
	client.Select(common.AllMail)

	Dim uids As List(Of Long) = imap.Search().Where( _
            Expression.GmailRawSearch( _
                "in:inbox subject:Notification with -without"))

	For Each info As MessageInfo In imap.GetMessageInfoByUID(uids)
	    Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1}",  _
                info.Envelope.GmailThreadId,  _
                info.Envelope.Subject)
	Next

	imap.Close()
End Using

You can learn more about this Gmail IMAP extension here:
http://code.google.com/apis/gmail/imap/#x-gm-raw

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