How to use OAUTH 2.0 for downloading emails from Gmail

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I have developed a windows form application which downloads email from gmail but only by using mail.dll ..now i want to get this application authenticated with google for accessing and downloading emails from google...i m new to this type of application ...please help!!

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I'm not sure what you want to do. OAuth is a protocol that allows application to use email protocols e.g. IMAP without the need of providing and storing user's password directly in the application.

Consider reading OAuth 2.0 with IMAP and Gmail for installed applications tutorial. It uses DotNetOpenAuth library (free) to obtain authentication token and Mail.dll for everything email and IMAP related.

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