Extract attachments
Extracts and saves all attachments from the specified message. Also validates and decrypts the message if appropriate.
Usage
===================================================================== ExtractAttachments.exe ===================================================================== Extracts all attachments from an e-mail message. Supported e-mail formats: .EML (MIME), .MSG (Microsoft Outlook). The program is a sample for Rebex Mail for .NET component. For more info, see http://www.rebex.net/mail.net/ Syntax is: ExtractAttachments.exe <mailfile.eml|mailfile.msg>
More info
The sample demonstrates:
- Loading MailMessage from a local file.
- Iterating through attachment collection.
- Saving attachments to the a local file.
The following code snippet is the core of this sample.
C#
// Load mail message from disk
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.Load(args[0]);
Console.WriteLine(
"Message contains {0} attachments.",
mail.Attachments.Count
);
// If message has no attachments, just exit
if (mail.Attachments.Count == 0)
return 0;
foreach (Attachment attachment in mail.Attachments)
{
// Save the file
Console.WriteLine("Saving '{0}' ({1}).",
attachment.FileName, attachment.MediaType);
attachment.Save(attachment.FileName);
}
VB.NET
' Load mail message from disk
Dim mail As New MailMessage
mail.Load(args(0))
Console.WriteLine( _
"Message contains {0} attachments.", _
mail.Attachments.Count)
' If message has no attachments, just exit
If mail.Attachments.Count = 0 Then Return 0
Dim attachment As Attachment
For Each attachment In mail.Attachments
' Save the file
Console.WriteLine("Saving '{0}' ({1}).", _
attachment.FileName, attachment.MediaType)
attachment.Save(attachment.FileName)
Next attachment