Export EMAIL to DOC via .NET
.NET API to Render EMAIL to DOC on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add EMAIL to DOC conversion features to your applications. To do this, you can use the powerful file format manipulation APIs from Aspose.Total for .NET. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that allows you to convert EMAIL file format to HTML. Once you have the HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render the HTML to DOC. This will allow you to easily convert EMAIL files to DOC format.
Aspose.Total for .NET is a comprehensive suite of APIs that allows you to manipulate a wide range of file formats. Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that allows you to read, write, and convert EMAIL files. It supports a wide range of EMAIL file formats, including MSG, EML, EMLX, and MHT. It also allows you to convert EMAIL files to HTML.
Once you have the HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render the HTML to DOC. This API allows you to create, edit, and convert DOC files. It supports a wide range of DOC file formats, including DOC, DOCX, RTF, and ODT. It also allows you to convert HTML to DOC.
C# API to Convert EMAIL to DOC
- Open EMAIL file using MailMessage class
- Convert EMAIL to HTML by using Save method
- Load HTML by using Document class
- Save the document to DOC format using Save method and set Doc as SaveFormat
Get Started with .NET File Format APIs
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MailMessage message = MailMessage.Load("sourceFile.msg");
// save EMAIL as a HTML
message.Save("HtmlOutput.html", SaveOptions.DefaultHtml);
// load HTML with an instance of Document
Document document = new Document("HtmlOutput.html");
// call save method while passing SaveFormat.Doc
document.Save("output.doc", SaveFormat.Doc);
Parse EMAIL File via .NET
Before converting EMAIL to DOC, if you want to make sure that you are converting the correct email, you can load EMAIL document, parse it and have a look at your desired property. By using MapiMessage class of Aspose.Email for .NET API, you can get sender and recipients information. For example, you can check for a specific sender email for the conversion by using SenderName property.
var outlookMessageFile = MapiMessage.FromFile("message.msg");
// check for SenderName
if(outlookMessageFile.SenderName == "John"){
//proceed with conversion process
}
Restrict DOC Document Editing via .NET
While saving the document from EMAIL to DOC, you might need to protect your output document. Sometimes you may need to limit the ability to edit a document and only allow certain actions with it. This can be useful to prevent other people from editing sensitive and confidential information in your document. Aspose.Words for .NET API, enables you to control the way you restrict the content using the ProtectionType enumeration parameter. You can set your document to read-only by using the following lines of code.
Document document = new Document("HtmlOutput.html");
// apply document protection and set protection password
doc.Protect(ProtectionType.ReadOnly, "password");
// call save method while passing SaveFormat.Doc
document.Save("output.doc", SaveFormat.Doc);