Chilkat2-Python
Chilkat2-Python
Remove the Plain-Text Body from an Email
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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.RemovePlainTextAlternative method, which removes the plain-text body from the email if one exists. Other body representations, attachments, and related items remain unchanged. This example builds a message with both plain-text and HTML alternatives, then removes the plain text.
Background: This is the counterpart to
RemoveHtmlAlternative. Removing the plain-text alternative leaves an HTML-only message. Note that dropping the plain-text fallback is generally discouraged for real mail — it hurts accessibility and can raise spam scores — but it is occasionally needed when a downstream system expects a single HTML representation.Chilkat Chilkat2-Python Downloads
import chilkat2
# Demonstrates the RemovePlainTextAlternative method, which removes the plain-text body
# from the email (if one exists). Other body representations, attachments, and related
# items remain.
email = chilkat2.Email()
email.Subject = "Remove plain-text alternative"
# Create an email with both plain-text and HTML alternatives.
email.SetTextBody("This is the plain-text version.","text/plain")
email.AddHtmlAlternativeBody("<html><body>This is the HTML version.</body></html>")
print("NumAlternatives before = " + str(email.NumAlternatives))
print("HasPlainTextBody before: " + str(email.HasPlainTextBody()))
# Remove the plain-text body, leaving the HTML alternative.
email.RemovePlainTextAlternative()
print("NumAlternatives after = " + str(email.NumAlternatives))
print("HasPlainTextBody after: " + str(email.HasPlainTextBody()))