Using Google.GData in C# to update POP3 settings

Question

I'm creating a desktop app using C#. I've downloaded the Google.GData.Application to start working with the API. From this link I found this code:

            var service = new GoogleMailSettingsService("my domain", "API KEY");
            service.setUserCredentials("my username", "my pass");

            var res = service.UpdatePop("my username", "true", "ALL_MAIL", "KEEP");

I created a simple console app and ran this code (it is the only code running). However whenever I run it, I get an exception with the 403 status code. My question is:

Is there anything wrong I've done? I mean, is there any additional step(s) I need to take? I've got the my domain and API key parts from here. I registered a domain and added the code and information to get the codes.
Is there any way to not use my domain? This app is not for me and is not a web app that is on a specific domain. It's a desktop app and is expected to run on any machine with .Net installed.

Thanks.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 02 '12 at 20:56

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Make sure the user you are authenticating with is an administrator for the Google Apps domain.

The API Key is not required when using ClientLogin (i.e. authentication with username/password), the second parameter for the GoogleMailSettingsService constructor is just a string identifying your application.

answered Nov 02 '12 at 20:56

Claudio Cherubino

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OK. Maybe I got it wrong. What I want to do is this: I want to create a simple class that gets a gmail user's username/password and enable the POP3 settings to `All Mail`. I don't know about the admin part... Could you please help me? – Alireza Noori Nov 02 '12 at 22:00
The Email Settings API only works for Google Apps domain users, not with gmail.com accounts. – Claudio Cherubino Nov 02 '12 at 23:52
So is there any API for Gmail? – Alireza Noori Nov 03 '12 at 06:45

Using Google.GData in C# to update POP3 settings

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