Get Raw Messages Source of an Email (i.e. MIME Source)

The raw message source of an email is obtained by calling the email object's GetMime method.

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import sys
import chilkat

email = chilkat.CkEmail()

#  For demonstration purposes, create an email
#  so that GetMime may be called to get the raw MIME source.
#  Email objects received from POP3 or IMAP servers behave the same.
email.put_Subject("This is a test")
email.put_Body("This is a test")
email.put_From("support@chilkatsoft.com")
email.AddTo("Matt","matt@chilkatsoft.com")

contentType = email.addFileAttachment("il1120.pdf")
if (contentType == None ):
    print email.lastErrorText()
    sys.exit()

#  Call GetMime to get the raw message source.

mimeSource = email.getMime()

print mimeSource