Export EMAIL to MD via .NET
.NET API to Render EMAIL to MD on Windows, macOS, and Linux without using Word or Outlook
As a .NET developer, you may need to add features to your applications that allow for the conversion of EMAIL files to MD. Fortunately, Aspose.Total for .NET provides a comprehensive set of file format manipulation APIs that make this process easy and efficient.
Aspose.Email for .NET is a powerful API that enables you to convert EMAIL files to HTML. This API is designed to be easy to use and provides a wide range of features, such as the ability to read and write EMAIL messages, extract attachments, and convert EMAIL messages to various formats.
Once you have converted the EMAIL file to HTML, you can use Aspose.Words for .NET to render the HTML to MD. This API is designed to help you create, edit, and convert documents in a variety of formats, including DOC, DOCX, HTML, and MD. It also provides a range of features, such as the ability to insert and delete text, images, and tables, and to apply formatting to documents.
By using Aspose.Total for .NET, you can easily and quickly convert EMAIL files to MD. Aspose.Email for .NET provides the ability to convert EMAIL files to HTML, and Aspose.Words for .NET provides the ability to render HTML to MD. With these powerful APIs, you can quickly and easily add EMAIL to MD conversion features to your .NET applications.
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
Install from command line as nuget install Aspose.Total or via Package Manager Console of Visual Studio with Install-Package Aspose.Total.
Alternatively, get the offline MSI installer or DLLs in a ZIP file from downloads .
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);