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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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$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.

$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email

$success = $email.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/message.eml")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Subject: " + $email.Subject)
$("From: " + $email.From)

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