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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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local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.

local email = chilkat.Email.new()

local success = email:load_eml("qa_data/eml/message.eml")
if not success then
    print(email.last_error_text)
    return
end

print("Subject: " .. email.subject)
print("From: " .. email.from)

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