Save Email in C# and VB.NET
Besides sending an email to a server, GemBox.Email can also enable you to save an email to a physical file (when providing a file's path) or an in-memory file (when providing a file's stream) by using MailMessage.Save overload methods.
The following example shows how you can create a MailMessage object and save it to the desired format by using C# or VB.NET code.
using GemBox.Email;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
// If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY");
// Create new message.
MailMessage message = new MailMessage(
new MailAddress("sender@example.com", "Sender"),
new MailAddress("receiver@example.com", "Receiver"));
// Add subject and body.
message.Subject = "Save Example by GemBox.Email";
message.BodyText = "Hi 👋,\n" +
"This message was created and saved with GemBox.Email.\n" +
"Read more about it on https://www.gemboxsoftware.com/email";
// Save message to email file.
message.Save("Save.%OutputFileType%");
}
}Imports GemBox.Email
Module Program
Sub Main()
' If using Professional version, put your serial key below.
ComponentInfo.SetLicense("FREE-LIMITED-KEY")
' Create new message.
Dim message As New MailMessage(
New MailAddress("sender@example.com", "Sender"),
New MailAddress("receiver@example.com", "Receiver"))
' Add subject and body.
message.Subject = "Save Example by GemBox.Email"
message.BodyText = "Hi 👋," & vbLf &
"This message was created and saved with GemBox.Email." & vbLf &
"Read more about it on https://www.gemboxsoftware.com/email"
' Save message to email file.
message.Save("Save.%OutputFileType%")
End Sub
End ModuleWhen using the MailMessage.Save(String) method, GemBox.Email will select the required MailMessageFormat based on the file's extension.
So, for a file named Example.msg, it will use MailMessageFormat.Msg and for a file named Example.eml it will use MailMessageFormat.Eml.