This technical tip shows how to java developers can load and modify an existingemail message inside their java application using Aspose.Email Java API. Aspose.Email API allows developer to load any existing email message and modify its contents before saving back to the disk. One notable point is to specify the MessageFormat while loading the email message from the disk. In addition, it is important to specify the correct MailMessageSaveType while saving the message back to disk.
The following sequence of steps lets you modify an existing email message:
·
Create
an instance of the MailMessage class.
·
Load
an existing message using the MailMessage class' load(), specifying the email'
MessageFormat.
·
Get
the subject using the getSubject() method, modify it and set it using the
MailMessage class' setSubject() method.
·
Get
the body using the getHtmlBody() method, modify it and set it using the
MailMessage class' setHtmlBody() method.
·
Create
an instance of the MailAddressCollection class.
·
Get
recipients from the TO field into the MailAddressCollection object using the
MailMessage class' getTo() method.
·
Add
or remove recipients using the MailAddressCollection collection's add() and
remove() methods.
·
Get
recipients from the CC field into the MailAddressCollection object using the
MailMessage class' getCC() method.
·
Add
or remove recipients using the MailAddressCollection collection's add() and
remove() methods.
·
Call
the MailMessage class' save() method to save the file to disk in MSG format by
specifying the correct MailMessageSaveType.
//Adding Attachments to a New Email Message
public
static void main(String[] args)
{
// Base folder for reading and writing
files
String strBaseFolder =
"D:\\Data\\Aspose\\resources\\";
//Initialize and Load an existing MSG file
by specifying the MessageFormat
MailMessage email =
MailMessage.load(strBaseFolder + "anEmail.msg",
MessageFormat.getMsg());
//Initialize a String variable to get the
Email Subject
String subject = email.getSubject();
//Append some more information to Subject
subject = subject + " This text is
added to the existing subject";
//Set the Email Subject
email.setSubject(subject);
//Initialize a String variable to get the
Email's HTML Body
String body = email.getHtmlBody();
//Apppend some more information to the Body
variable
body = body + "<br> This text is
added to the existing body";
//Set the Email Body
email.setHtmlBody(body);
//Initialize MailAddressCollection object
MailAddressCollection contacts = new
MailAddressCollection();
//Retrieve Email's TO list
contacts = email.getTo();
//Check if TO list has some values
if (contacts.size() > 0)
{
//Remove the first email address
contacts.remove(0);
//Add another email address to
collection
contacts.add("to1@domain.com");
}
//Set the collection as Email's TO list
email.setTo(contacts);
//Initialize MailAddressCollection
contacts = new MailAddressCollection();
//Retrieve Email's CC list
contacts = email.getCC();
//Add another email address to collection
contacts.add("cc2@domain.com");
//Set the collection as Email's CC list
email.setCC(contacts);
//Save the Email message to disk by
specifying the MessageFormat
email.save(strBaseFolder +
"message.msg", MailMessageSaveType.getOutlookMessageFormat());
}
//Loading a Message
with Load Options
//To load a message with specific load options, Aspose.Email
provides the MessageLoadOptions class that can be used as follow:
MesageLoadOptions options = new MesageLoadOptions();
options.PrefferedTextEncoding =
Encoding.getEncoding(1252);
options.setMessageFormat(MessageFormat.getMsg());
MailMessage eml =
MailMessage.Load("EMAIL_497563\\test3.msg", options);
