Java

Remove All Attachments from an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.DropAttachments method, which removes all ordinary attachments from the in-memory message. Related items (inline images, style sheets) and attached message/rfc822 emails are not affected. This example adds two attachments, drops them, and prints the count before and after.

Background: Chilkat distinguishes three kinds of enclosed content: ordinary attachments (files meant to be saved), related items (resources that support the HTML display), and nested attached messages. DropAttachments targets only the first category — useful, for example, when forwarding or re-sending a message body without carrying its original file attachments along.

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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[])
  {
    //  Demonstrates the DropAttachments method, which removes all ordinary attachments from
    //  the email.  Related items and attached messages are not affected.

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    email.put_Subject("Drop attachments example");

    email.AddStringAttachment("a.txt","first attachment");
    email.AddStringAttachment("b.txt","second attachment");
    System.out.println("NumAttachments before = " + email.get_NumAttachments());

    //  Remove all attachments.
    email.DropAttachments();

    System.out.println("NumAttachments after = " + email.get_NumAttachments());
  }
}