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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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load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

#  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.

set email [new_CkEmail]

set success [CkEmail_LoadEml $email "qa_data/eml/message.eml"]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkEmail_lastErrorText $email]
    delete_CkEmail $email
    exit
}

puts "Subject: [CkEmail_subject $email]"
puts "From: [CkEmail_from $email]"

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

delete_CkEmail $email