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Load an Email from a .eml File

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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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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  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.

    var email = new chilkat.Email();

    success = email.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/message.eml");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(email.LastErrorText);
        return true;
    }

    console.log("Subject: " + email.Subject);
    console.log("From: " + email.From);

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

}

chilkatExample();