Get the Entire MIME Header Section

See more MIME Examples

Demonstrates the Chilkat Mime.GetEntireHead method, which returns the complete serialized header section of the current entity. It takes no arguments; the body and any multipart child content are not included.

Note: The file paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: This gives you just the headers of the current entity as text — the block above the blank line that separates headers from body. It is convenient for logging or displaying a message's metadata, or for examining the headers without the potentially large body. Its complement is GetEntireBody.

Chilkat C# Downloads

Download Chilkat for C#

bool success = false;

Chilkat.Mime mime = new Chilkat.Mime();
success = mime.LoadMimeFile("qa_data/message.eml");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Return the complete serialized header section of the current entity.  The body and any
//  multipart child content are not included.
string headers = mime.GetEntireHead();
if (mime.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(mime.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine(headers);