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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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Dim success As Boolean = 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.

Dim email As New Chilkat.Email

success = email.LoadEml("qa_data/eml/message.eml")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(email.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Debug.WriteLine("Subject: " & email.Subject)
Debug.WriteLine("From: " & email.From)

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