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

$success = $false

#  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.
$source = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$source.Subject = "Source message"
$source.From = "alice@example.com"
$source.Body = "Hello from MIME text."
$mimeText = $source.GetMime()

#  Load a new email object from the MIME text.
$email = New-Object Chilkat.Email
$success = $email.SetFromMimeText($mimeText)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($email.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$("Loaded subject: " + $email.Subject)