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Load an Email from MIME Text in a String

Demonstrates the Chilkat Email.SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as the contents of a .eml file) held in a string. On success, it replaces the entire current email. This example serializes one email to MIME with GetMime, then reconstructs it in a second object.

Background: This is the in-memory (string) counterpart to LoadEml, which reads MIME from a file. It is handy when the raw message text arrives from somewhere other than the filesystem — a database column, an HTTP response, or a message queue — letting you parse it straight into a fully populated Email object.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Demonstrates the SetFromMimeText method, which loads the email from MIME text (such as
//  the contents of a .eml file) held in a string.  On success, it replaces the entire
//  current email.

//  Build a source email and get its MIME text.
loSource = createobject("CkEmail")
loSource.Subject = "Source message"
loSource.From = "alice@example.com"
loSource.Body = "Hello from MIME text."
lcMimeText = loSource.GetMime()

//  Load a new email object from the MIME text.
loEmail = createobject("CkEmail")
llSuccess = loEmail.SetFromMimeText(lcMimeText)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loEmail.LastErrorText
    release loSource
    release loEmail
    return
endif

? "Loaded subject: " + loEmail.Subject


release loSource
release loEmail