What is the key differences between MimeKit and MimeKitLite?

[ajtruckle]

I am using MimeKit but noticed the Lite version in the NuGet list.

[ajtruckle]

Just found:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/75768384/2287576

MimeKitLite contains a subset of the MimeKit API that does not include PGP, S/MIME or DKIM/ARC support. In other words, most of the MimeKit.Cryptography namespace has been ripped out in MimeKitLite.

[ajtruckle]

It is possible to list the parent assemblies or classes? So I can identify if I am using them or not?

[jstedfast]

If you are using anything in the MimeKit.Cryptography namespace, there is a high probability that you are using code that is stripped out in MimeKitLite.

My advice is that if you are writing a library meant to be used by other projects, use MimeKit. If you are writing an application and you don't care about cryptography, use MimeKitLite.

[ajtruckle]

I am writing an application. The class that specifically uses MimeKit has these headers:

using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Gmail.v1;
using Google.Apis.Gmail.v1.Data;
using Google.Apis.Services;
using Google.Apis.Util.Store;
using MimeKit;
using NLog;

So it looks like it might be possible to add MimeKitLite and remove MimeKit.

[jstedfast]

FWIW, the plan is to drop the need for MimeKitLite in v5.0 by splitting MimeKit itself into MimeKit.Core (which would effectively be the same as MimeKitLite) and MimeKit (or MimeKit.Cryptography?) which would add the MimeKit.Cryptography namespace.

See #820

There's already some progress towards this, but it has been very difficult to untangle in a way that allows the modular addition.

[ajtruckle]

I see! 👌So is it worth leaving it set as MimeKit and then change to MimeKit.Core at a future date?

[jstedfast]

That's up to you. The only thing you really save by moving to MimeKitLite is reducing app size by removing BouncryCastle (which GoogleApis might depend on anyway).

[ajtruckle]

@jstedfast

That's up to you. The only thing you really save by moving to MimeKitLite is reducing app size by removing BouncryCastle (which GoogleApis might depend on anyway).

FYI. I just removed the full version and installed the lite version. All is good and BouncryCastle is nowhere to be seen. 😊