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Load an Email from a .eml File

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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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Email;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // 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 email = new Email();

        try {
            email.loadEml("qa_data/eml/message.eml");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Subject: " + email.getSubject());
        System.out.println("From: " + email.getFrom());

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