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Access Attached Message (Embedded Email)

How to access an email embedded within another email (i.e. an attached message).

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Java
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();

    // Load an email from a .eml
    success = email.LoadEml("embeddedEmail.eml");
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(email.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Display how many attached emails are embedded within
    // this one:
    int numAttached = email.get_NumAttachedMessages();
    System.out.println("numAttached = " + numAttached);

    // Get the 1st attached message.
    CkEmail email2 = new CkEmail();
    success = email.GetAttachedEmail(0,email2);
    if (success == true) {

        // Display the subject, From, and a header field...
        System.out.println(email2.subject());
        System.out.println(email2.ck_from());
        System.out.println(email2.getHeaderField("X-SOMETHING"));
        }
  }
}