Mail converter

Console application for converting e-mail files between EML(MIME) and MSG(Outlook) formats.

Mail converter is a sample command line application for converting email messages between MIME (*.eml) and Outlook MSG (*.msg) formats.

Usage is simple:

Syntax: MailConverter.exe -tomime|-tomsg sourcepath targetpath

Example: MailConverter.exe -tomsg C:\mail.eml C:\mail.msg
Example: MailConverter.exe -tomime C:\mail.msg C:\mail.eml

Following code demonstrates how it's done:

C#

// load a mail
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.Load(path);

// save as MIME
mail.Save(filename + ".eml", MailFormat.Mime);

// save as Outlook MSG
mail.Save(filename + ".msg", MailFormat.OutlookMsg);

VB.NET

' load a mail
Dim mail As MailMessage = New MailMessage()
mail.Load(path)

' save as MIME
mail.Save(filename + ".eml", MailFormat.Mime)

' save as Outlook MSG
mail.Save(filename + ".msg", MailFormat.OutlookMsg)

This sample is also available as a stand alone application at labs.rebex.net/MailConverter.

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