What is MSGReader

MSGReader is a C# .NET 4.0 library to read Outlook MSG and EML (Mime 1.0) files. Almost all common object in Outlook are supported:

E-mail
Appointment
Task
Contact card
Sticky note

It supports all body types there are in MSG files, this includes:

Text
HTML
HTML embedded into RTF
RTF

MSGReader has only a few options to manipulate an MSG file. The only option you have is that you can remove attachments and then save the file to a new one.

If you realy want to write MSG files then see my MsgKit project on GitHub (https://github.com/Sicos1977/MsgKit)

Read properties from a message

using (var msg = new MsgReader.Outlook.Storage.Message("d:\\testfile.msg"))
{
        var from = msg.Sender;
        var sentOn = msg.SentOn;
        var recipientsTo = msg.GetEmailRecipients(Storage.Recipient.RecipientType.To, false, false);
        var recipientsCc = msg.GetEmailRecipients(Storage.Recipient.RecipientType.Cc, false, false);
        var subject = msg.Subject
        var htmlBody = msg.BodyHtml;
        // etc...
}

Translations

Kees van Spelde
- English (US)
- Dutch
Ronald Kohl
- German
Yan Grenier (@ygrenier on GitHub)
- French

Installing via NuGet

The easiest way to install MSGReader is via NuGet.

In Visual Studio's Package Manager Console, simply enter the following command:

Install-Package MSGReader

Side note

This project can also be used from a COM based language like VB script or VB6. To use it first compile the code and register the com visible assembly with the command:

Regasm.exe /codebase MsgReader.dll

After that you can call it like this:

dim msgreader

set msgreader = createobject("MsgReader.Reader")
msgreader.ExtractToFolderFromCom "the msg file to read", "the folder where to place the extracted files"

License

Licensed under the The Code Project Open License (CPOL) 1.02; you may not use this software except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:

http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

Core Team

Sicos1977 (Kees van Spelde)

Support

If you like my work then please consider a donation as a thank you.

azizuysal/MSGReader