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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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import sys
import chilkat

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 = chilkat.CkEmail()
source.put_Subject("Source message")
source.put_From("alice@example.com")
source.put_Body("Hello from MIME text.")
mimeText = source.getMime()

#  Load a new email object from the MIME text.
email = chilkat.CkEmail()
success = email.SetFromMimeText(mimeText)
if (success == False):
    print(email.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

print("Loaded subject: " + email.subject())