Console app that monitors a mailbox using POP3 and creates WorkItems in Team Foundation Server or Visual Studio Online. TFS is used in both cases.

The tool has no command line option, configuration is taken from Mail2WorkItem.ConsoleApp.exe.config file.

It reads all available messages from the POP3 server and creates or update a TFS work item. An email is sent back to the original sender to inform of a successful operation. When all POP3 messages are processed, the tool exits.

Configuration is organized in five areas:

• General
• POP3 connection
• TFS connection and configuration
• SMTP connection
• Confirmation message templates

LogLevel can be:

• Critical
• Error
• Warning
• Information or Normal
• Verbose

POP3 connection data requires

• Hostname
• Port
• UseSsl
• Username
• Password All parameters are mandatory.

TFS connection data requires

• CollectionUrl -- e.g. http://localhost:8080/tfs/DefaultCollection or https://youraccount.visualstudio.com/DefaultCollection/
• ProjectName -- where create the Work Items
• WorkItemType -- the Type of work items to create

The Work Item Title is the POP3 mail Subject, the Description has the mail Body. The mail attachments become work item attachments.

SMTP connection data requires

• Hostname
• Port
• UseSsl
• Username
• Password All parameters are mandatory.

• Title -- the message Subject
• Body -- the HTML message body
• Sender -- the Sender Display Name

The templates use SmartFormat.NET

#TODO [ ] return code [ ] confirmation optional