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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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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oSource
LOCAL cMimeText
LOCAL oEmail

nSuccess := 0

//  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.
oSource := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
oSource:Subject := "Source message"
oSource:From := "alice@example.com"
oSource:Body := "Hello from MIME text."
cMimeText := oSource:GetMime()

//  Load a new email object from the MIME text.
oEmail := CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")
nSuccess := oEmail:SetFromMimeText(cMimeText)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oEmail:LastErrorText
    oSource:destroy()
    oEmail:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Loaded subject: " + oEmail:Subject

oSource:destroy()
oEmail:destroy()