Convert Outlook message to MIME message (convert .msg to .eml)

The following example shows you how to convert Outlook message (.msg file) to RFC822/MIME message (.eml file).

C# example

using System;
using Independentsoft.Msg;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Independentsoft.Msg.Message msgMessage = new Independentsoft.Msg.Message("c:\\test\\test.msg");

            Independentsoft.Email.Mime.Message mimeMessage = msgMessage.ConvertToMimeMessage();

            mimeMessage.Save("c:\\test\\test.eml");
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Msg

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Dim msgMessage As Independentsoft.Msg.Message = New Independentsoft.Msg.Message("c:\\test\\test.msg")

            Dim mimeMessage As Independentsoft.Email.Mime.Message = msgMessage.ConvertToMimeMessage()

            mimeMessage.Save("c:\\test\\test.eml")

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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