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 *.pyc
+
+# .NET
+bin/
+obj/
diff --git a/dotnet/JmapSamples.csproj b/dotnet/JmapSamples.csproj
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+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFrameworks>net6.0;net7.0</TargetFrameworks>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="JmapNet.Client" Version="0.1.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/dotnet/Program.cs b/dotnet/Program.cs
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+using JmapNet;
+using JmapNet.Client;
+using JmapSamples;
+
+// initialize the client
+var hostName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("JMAP_HOSTNAME") ?? "api.fastmail.com";
+var userName = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("JMAP_USERNAME") ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("no user name");
+var token = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("JMAP_TOKEN") ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("no token");
+
+using var jmap = await JmapClient.Init(new Uri($"https://{hostName}"), token)
+                 ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("couldn't initialize client");
+
+var accountId = jmap.Session.PrimaryAccounts[JmapConstants.JmapMailCapability];
+
+// programs
+await jmap.HelloWorld(accountId, userName);
+await jmap.TopTen(accountId);
+await jmap.TopTenWithHelpers();
diff --git a/dotnet/Samples.cs b/dotnet/Samples.cs
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+using JmapNet;
+using JmapNet.Client;
+using JmapNet.Models.Core;
+using JmapNet.Models.Mail;
+
+namespace JmapSamples;
+
+internal static class Samples
+{
+    // query for the drafts mailbox, create a new email, and send it
+    internal static async Task HelloWorld(this JmapClient jmap, string accountId, string userName)
+    {
+        // get drafts mailbox
+        var mailboxQueryFilter = new JmapMailboxQueryFilter
+        {
+            Name = "Drafts"
+        };
+
+        var mailboxQueryRequest = new JmapMailboxQueryRequest(accountId)
+        {
+            Filter = mailboxQueryFilter
+        }.Invoke("a");
+
+        var mailboxQueryResponse = await jmap.SendRequest(mailboxQueryRequest);
+
+        var draftMailboxId = mailboxQueryResponse
+            ?.GetIds(mailboxQueryRequest)
+            ?.SingleOrDefault() ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("couldn't get draft mailbox");
+
+        // compose email
+        const string emailBody =
+            """
+            Hi!
+        
+            This email may not look like much, but I sent it with JMAP, a protocol
+            designed to make it easier to manage email, contacts, calendars, and more of
+            your digital life in general.
+        
+            Pretty cool, right?
+        
+            -- 
+            This email sent from my next-generation email system at Fastmail. 
+            """;
+
+        var email = new JmapEmail
+        {
+            From = new List<JmapEmailAddress> { new("", userName) },
+            To = new List<JmapEmailAddress> { new("", userName) },
+            Subject = "Hello, world!",
+            Keywords = new Dictionary<string, bool> { { "$draft", true } },
+            MailboxIds = new Dictionary<string, bool> { { draftMailboxId, true } },
+            BodyStructure = new JmapEmailBodyPart { Type = "text/plain", PartId = "body" },
+            BodyValues = new Dictionary<string, JmapEmailBodyValue> { { "body", new JmapEmailBodyValue { Value = emailBody } } }
+        };
+
+        // get identity
+        var identityGetRequest = new JmapIdentityGetRequest(accountId).Invoke("i");
+        var identityGetResponse = await jmap.SendRequest(identityGetRequest);
+        var identities = identityGetResponse.GetItems<JmapIdentity>(identityGetRequest);
+        var identity = identities.First(ident => ident.Email == userName);
+
+        // chained Email/set and EmailSubmission/set calls in a single request
+        var emailSet = new JmapEmailSetRequest(accountId)
+        {
+            Create = new Dictionary<string, JmapEmail> { { "draft", email } }
+        }.Invoke("a");
+
+        var emailSubmissionSet = new JmapEmailSubmissionSetRequest(accountId)
+        {
+            Create = new Dictionary<string, JmapEmailSubmission>
+            {
+                { "sendIt", new JmapEmailSubmission { EmailId = "#draft", IdentityId = identity.Id } }
+            },
+            OnSuccessDestroyEmail = new List<string>
+            {
+                "#sendIt"
+            }
+        }.Invoke("b");
+
+        var emailCreateResponse = await jmap.SendRequest(emailSet, emailSubmissionSet);
+
+        Console.WriteLine($"{Util.JsonStr(emailCreateResponse)}");
+    }
+
+    // query for the inbox, query and retrieve the 10 most recent emails
+    internal static async Task TopTen(this JmapClient jmap, string accountId)
+    {
+        // get inbox
+        var inboxQuery = new JmapMailboxQueryRequest(accountId)
+        {
+            Filter = new JmapMailboxQueryFilter { Role = "inbox", HasAnyRole = true }
+        }.Invoke("a");
+
+        var inboxQueryResponse = await jmap.SendRequest(inboxQuery);
+        var inboxId = inboxQueryResponse
+            ?.GetIds(inboxQuery)
+            ?.SingleOrDefault() ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("couldn't get inbox ID");
+
+        // query emails
+        var emailQueryFilter = new JmapEmailQueryFilter { InMailbox = inboxId };
+        var emailQuerySort = new List<JmapComparator> { JmapComparator.Desc(nameof(JmapEmail.ReceivedAt)) };
+        var emailQueryLimit = 10;
+        var emailGetProperties = new List<string> { "receivedAt", "subject" };
+
+        var emailQuery = new JmapEmailQueryRequest(accountId)
+        {
+            Filter = emailQueryFilter,
+            Sort = emailQuerySort,
+            Limit = emailQueryLimit
+        }.Invoke("a");
+
+        var emailGet = new JmapEmailGetRequest(accountId)
+        {
+            References = new Dictionary<string, JmapResultReference>
+            {
+                { "#ids", emailQuery.GetRef("/ids/*") }
+            },
+            Properties = emailGetProperties
+        }.Invoke("b");
+
+        var emailResponse = await jmap.SendRequest(emailQuery, emailGet);
+
+        var emails = emailResponse.GetItems<JmapEmail>(emailGet);
+
+        foreach (var email in emails)
+            Console.WriteLine($"{email.ReceivedAt} - {email.Subject}");
+    }
+
+    // same as above, but with high level helper methods
+    internal static async Task TopTenWithHelpers(this JmapClient jmap)
+    {
+        // get inbox
+        var inboxResults = await jmap.GetMailboxes(new JmapMailboxQueryFilter { Role = "inbox", HasAnyRole = true });
+        var inbox = inboxResults.Single();
+
+        // query emails
+        var emailQueryFilter = new JmapEmailQueryFilter { InMailbox = inbox.Id };
+        var emailQuerySort = new List<JmapComparator> { JmapComparator.Desc(nameof(JmapEmail.ReceivedAt)) };
+        var emailQueryLimit = 10;
+        var emailGetProperties = new List<string> { "receivedAt", "subject" };
+
+        var emails = await jmap.GetEmails(emailQueryFilter, emailQuerySort, emailGetProperties, emailQueryLimit);
+
+        foreach (var email in emails)
+            Console.WriteLine($"{email.ReceivedAt} - {email.Subject}");
+    }
+}
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