Objective-C

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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#import <CkoEmail.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  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.
CkoEmail *source = [[CkoEmail alloc] init];
source.Subject = @"Source message";
source.From = @"alice@example.com";
source.Body = @"Hello from MIME text.";
NSString *mimeText = [source GetMime];

//  Load a new email object from the MIME text.
CkoEmail *email = [[CkoEmail alloc] init];
success = [email SetFromMimeText: mimeText];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",email.LastErrorText);
    return true;
}

NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Loaded subject: ",email.Subject);