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MSG File Viewer for .NET Applications

View MSG files programmatically in C# without Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird dependencies.

 

How to View MSG Files Using C# Email API

Viewing MSG files programmatically in C# without relying on Microsoft Outlook is made easy with Aspose.Email for .NET . This powerful API allows you to view and manipulate MSG files without requiring any third-party software installation.

If you’re working with MSG files and want to display their contents via .NET, Aspose.Email provides a simple, efficient solution for integrating MSG viewing capabilities into your .NET applications. By leveraging this API, developers can parse and render the contents of MSG files - such as emails, attachments, and metadata - without the need for Outlook or other email clients.

The Aspose.Email for .NET library ensures that emails are displayed with high fidelity, maintaining the integrity of email formatting, attachments, and other key elements.

Key Benefits:

  • Load and display MSG file content in your application with minimal effort.

  • View MSG files and convert them to various formats such as HTML, ensuring compatibility with web browsers and other interfaces.

  • Display email bodies, attachments, and headers, preserving the original formatting.

  • You do not need Microsoft Outlook installed to handle MSG files.

When working with MSG files to enable viewing in a browser, the library utilizes its MailMessage class to load and parse MSG files, extracting their key elements such as the subject, body, sender, recipients, and attachments. To render these emails for web display, the library offers the ability to convert MSG content into HTML using the Save method, which supports outputting the email message in a browser-compatible format. The use of components such as HtmlSaveOptions ensures that the email’s formatting and layout are preserved during the conversion, providing an accurate and visually consistent representation of the MSG file in the browser.

Installation and Use

To begin, install the API in your development environment:

  • Open NuGet package manager, search for Aspose.Email and click Install.

  • You may also use the following command in the Package Manager Console.

Command


PM> Install-Package Aspose.Email

Once installed, you can start coding.

Steps to View MSG via C#

Aspose.Email makes it easy for developers to view MSG files with just few lines of code.

  1. Create an output file path where the rendered HTML will be saved.
  2. Use the Load method to load the MSG file into the MailMessage object.
  3. Save the MSG content as an HTML file with Save method.
  4. Use Process.Start to open the saved HTML file in the default web browser.

System Requirements

Aspose.Email for .NET is supported on all major operating systems. Just make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

  • Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with .NET Framework, .NET Core, and Xamarin Platforms
  • Development environment like Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Aspose.Email for .NET referenced in your project
 

C# code to view MSG

string output = System.IO.Path.GetTempPath() + Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".html";

// load the MSG file in an instance of MailMessage
using (var message = Aspose.Email.MailMessage.Load("template.msg"))
{
    // save MSG in HTML format
    message.Save(output, Aspose.Email.SaveOptions.DefaultHtml);
}
// load resultant HTML in default browser
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(output);
 

View MSG in a Browser

Once the MSG file is converted into HTML, you can view it directly in any browser, where all the original email content — including body, attachments, and metadata — will be displayed accurately.

  • About the Email API

    Aspose.Email is a Microsoft Outlook and Thunderbird formats parsing solution. One can easily create, manipulate, convert email and storage formats such as MSG, EMLX, EML and MHT. Handling of email attachments, customization of message headers and implementation of different network protocols like POP3, IMAP & SMTP to send & receive emails is much easier. Its a standalone API and does not require Microsoft Outlook or any other software installation.

    Try for Free

    To explore the capabilities of Aspose.Email for .NET , including viewing MSG files, you can download a free trial version . This allows you to test all the features without any commitment.

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    Email File Viewer for Other Formats

    Aspose.Email for .NET extends its functionality beyond MSG files, supporting a variety of email formats. Developers can also use it to view the following:

    EML (Outlook Email Messages)
    EMLX (Apple Mail EMLX Format)
    ICS (iCalendar Files for Event Data)
    MBOX (Collections of Electronic Mail Messages)
    OFT (Outlook Email Templates)
    OST (Offline Storage Files)
    PST (Outlook Personal Storage Files)
    VCF (Virtual Card Files for Contact Information)