Load an Email from a .eml File

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.LoadEml method, which loads a complete email from an .eml file. An EML file contains RFC822/MIME message text. On success, the loaded message replaces the entire current email — recipients, headers, bodies, related items, and attachments. This example loads an EML and reads its subject and from.

Background: .eml is the standard on-disk format for a single email — it is simply the raw MIME saved to a file, which most mail clients can export and open. LoadEml parses that MIME into a fully populated Email object, giving you programmatic access to every part. It is the natural counterpart to SaveEml.

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    success := false

    //  Demonstrates the LoadEml method, which loads a complete email from an .eml file (an EML
    //  file contains RFC822/MIME message text).  On success, the loaded message replaces the
    //  entire current email.

    email := chilkat.NewEmail()

    success = email.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/message.eml")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(email.LastErrorText())
        email.DisposeEmail()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("Subject: ", email.Subject())
    fmt.Println("From: ", email.From())

    //  Note: The path "qa_data/..." is a relative local filesystem path,
    //  relative to the current working directory of the running application.

    email.DisposeEmail()