Export EMAIL to MD via .NET

.NET API to Render EMAIL to MD on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook

If you are a .NET developer looking to add EMAIL to MD conversion features inside your applications, Aspose.Total for .NET file format manipulation APIs are the way forward. By using Aspose.Email for .NET , you can convert EMAIL file format to HTML. After that, by using Aspose.Words for .NET , you can render HTML to MD.

C# API to Convert EMAIL to MD

Open EMAIL file using MailMessage class
Convert EMAIL to HTML by using Save method
Load HTML by using Document class
Save the document to MD format using Save method and set Md 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.Md
document.Save("output.md", SaveFormat.Md); 

Parse EMAIL File via .NET

Before converting EMAIL to MD, 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 MD Document Editing via .NET

While saving the document from EMAIL to MD, 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.Md
document.Save("output.md", SaveFormat.Md);  

Other Conversion Options

MSG TO EMF (Enhanced Metafile Format)

MSG TO FLATOPC

MSG TO PNG (Portable Network Graphic)

MSG TO DOTX (Microsoft Word Template File )

MSG TO DOC (Microsoft Word Binary Format)

MSG TO RTF (Rich Text Format)

MSG TO XPS (XML Paper Specifications)

MSG TO ODT (OpenDocument Text File Format)

MSG TO JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group)

MSG TO DOCM (Microsoft Word 2007 Marco File)

MSG TO OTT (OpenDocument Standard Format)

MSG TO BMP (Bitmap Image File)

MSG TO EPUB (Open eBook File)

MSG TO TEXT

MSG TO PDF (Portable Document Format)

MSG TO DOT (Microsoft Word Template Files)

MSG TO DOCX (Office 2007+ Word Document)

MSG TO PS (PostScript File)

MSG TO DOTM (Microsoft Word 2007+ Template File)

MSG TO GIF (Graphical Interchange Format)

MSG TO TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

MSG TO PCL (Printer Command Language Document)

MSG TO WORDML (Microsoft Word 2003 WordprocessingML)

MSG TO SVG (Scalar Vector Graphics)

MSG What is MSG File Format?

MSG is a file format used by Microsoft Outlook and Exchange to store email messages, contact, appointment, or other tasks. Such messages may contain one or more email fields, with the sender, recipient, subject, date, and message body, or contact information, appointment particulars, and one or more task specifications. The properties that constitute the Message object, including are also a part of the MSG file. MSG file has headers, main message body, and hyperlinks as plain ASCII text. MSG files are also suitable with the programs that need Microsoft’s Messaging Applications Programming Interface (MAPI).

MD What is MD File Format?

Text files created with Markdown language dialects is saved with .md or .MARKDOWN file extension. MD files are saved in plain text format that uses Markdown language which also includes inline text symbols, defining how a text can be formatted such as indentations, table formatting, fonts, and headers. MD files can be converted to HTML with a program called Markdown. Markdown language is released by John Gruber.