Mail for .NET功能特性：

使用標準協議發送、接收和管理郵件

• 用于發送和接收郵件的SMTP和POP3組件

• 用于在任何IMAP4服務器上（包括GMail）安全管理消息的IMAP4組件

• 用于編碼和解碼二進制數據的MIME和S/MIME，例如消息中的圖象和應用程序等

在郵件處理應用程序中整合安全性

• S/MIME編碼器和解碼器確保消息安全性

• SSL2、SSL3、PCT、TLS支持數據流級的安全特性

• 客戶端和服務器端的驗證選項

• X509證書管理

.NET Framework中未包含的特性

• 支持POP3、IMAP4和MIME解碼（接收郵件）

• SIME編碼和解碼（保密和驗證）

• 顯示發送和接收郵件的進度

• 提供傳輸過程中的流加密和解密

效率和穩定性

• MessageStream類用于提高創建和編輯功能

• 傳輸過程中流接口提供了編碼和解碼功能

• 使用工作者線程實現同步和異步操作

• 支持隊列用于發送多條消息

• 完全使用托管C#開發

簡單易用及靈活性

• 整合了Yahoo! Mail 和 Gmail帳戶

• 支持Base64、Quoted Printable、UUEncode 和 Y-encoding

• 支持國際化，實現非ASCII字符集的編碼和解碼功能（日本漢字、日本JIS、中文、阿拉伯文等）

• 僅需一行代碼就可以從HTML文檔創建HTML郵件消息

• 通過一個簡單的函數調用即可完成S/MIME和MIME格式轉換

• 兼容Visual Studio 2002、2003、2005以及2008

• 包含許多在C#、VB.NET以及ASP.NET下開發的示例工程

Send, receive and manage email with standard protocols

• SMTP and POP3 components for sending and receiving email
• IMAP4 component for securely managing messages on any IMAP4 server, including GMail
• MIME and S/MIME for encoding and decoding binary data such as images and applications in messages

Integrate security in email-handling applications

• S/MIME encoder and decoder for full message security
• SSL2, SSL3, PCT, TLS support for stream-level security
• Client-side and server-side authentication options
• X509 certificate management

Includes features not found in the .NET Framework

• Supports POP3, IMAP4 and MIME decoding (receiving email)
• S/MIME encoding and decoding (privacy and authentication)
• Provides progress for sending and receiving email
• "On-the-fly" stream encoding and decoding

Efficiency and Stability

• MessageStream class for enhanced authoring and editing
• Stream interface encodes and decodes on-the-fly
• Synchronous and asynchronous operation using worker threads
• Pipelining support for sending multiple messages
• Fully developed in managed C#

Ease-of-use and Flexibility

• Yahoo! Mail and GMail account integration
• Base64, Quoted Printable, UUEncode and Y-encoding support
• Internationalization support for encoding and decoding non-ASCII character sets (Kanji, JIS, Chinese, Arabic, etc.)
• HTML email message creation from HTML documents in one line of code
• S/MIME and MIME format conversion with a single method call
• Compatible with Visual Studio 2008 as well as Visual Studio 2002, 2003, and 2005
• Many sample projects for both C# and VB.NET, as well as ASP.NET included