Java

Get the Full MIME of an Email

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.GetMime method, which returns the email as RFC822/MIME text containing the headers, body representations, related items, and attachments. The result is suitable for saving as a .eml file. This example builds a message and prints its MIME.

Background: MIME is the on-the-wire text format of an email — the exact bytes a mail server sends and receives. GetMime serializes the in-memory Email object into that format, assembling headers, encoding attachments as Base64, and adding the multipart boundaries that separate the parts. It is the natural way to persist a message (as .eml), inspect exactly what will be transmitted, or hand the message to another system.

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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 GetMime method, which returns the email as RFC822/MIME text containing
    //  the headers, body representations, related items, and attachments.

    CkEmail email = new CkEmail();
    email.put_Subject("GetMime example");
    email.put_From("alice@example.com");
    email.AddTo("Bob","bob@example.com");
    email.put_Body("Hello, this is the message body.");

    //  Get the complete RFC822/MIME text (suitable for saving as a .eml file).
    System.out.println(email.getMime());
  }
}