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Load an Email from MIME Text in a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as the contents of a .eml file) held in a string. On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to MIME with GetMime, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This is the in-memory (string) counterpart to LoadEml, which reads MIME from a file. It is handy when the raw message text arrives from somewhere other than the filesystem — a database column, an HTTP response, or a message queue — letting you parse it straight into a fully populated Email object.

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#include <CkEmail.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as
    //  the contents of a .eml file) held in a string.  On success, it replaces the entire
    //  current email.

    //  Build a source email and get its MIME text.
    CkEmail source;
    source.put_Subject("Source message");
    source.put_From("alice@example.com");
    source.put_Body("Hello from MIME text.");
    const char *mimeText = source.getMime();

    //  Load a new email object from the MIME text.
    CkEmail email;
    success = email.SetFromMimeText(mimeText);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << email.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return true;
    }

    std::cout << "Loaded subject: " << email.subject() << "\r\n";
    }