Write and Read Messages on Thunderbird Storage in C# .NET

readme.md

Read the complete article on how to write and read messages from Thunderbird storage in C# .NET: https://blog.aspose.com/2022/03/19/write-and-read-messages-on-thunderbird-storage-in-csharp/

read-message-thunderbird.cs

// Open the storage file with FileStream
FileStream stream = new FileStream("ExampleMbox.mbox", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

// Create an instance of the MboxrdStorageReader class and pass the stream
MboxrdStorageReader reader = new MboxrdStorageReader(stream, false);

// Start reading messages
MailMessage message = reader.ReadNextMessage();

// Read all messages in a loop
while (message != null)
{
    // Manipulate message - show contents
    Console.WriteLine("Subject: " + message.Subject);
    
    // Save this message in EML or MSG format
    message.Save(message.Subject + ".eml", SaveOptions.DefaultEml);
    message.Save(message.Subject + ".msg", SaveOptions.DefaultMsgUnicode);

    // Get the next message
    message = reader.ReadNextMessage();
}

// Close the streams
reader.Dispose();
stream.Close();

write-message-thunderbird.cs

// Open the storage file with FileStream
FileStream stream = new FileStream("ExampleMbox.mbox", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Write);

// Initialize MboxStorageWriter and pass the stream to it
MboxrdStorageWriter writer = new MboxrdStorageWriter(stream, false);

// Prepare a new message using the MailMessage class
MailMessage message = new MailMessage("from@domain.com", "to@domain.com", Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), "added from Aspose.Email");
message.IsDraft = false;

// Add this message to storage
writer.WriteMessage(message);

// Close all related streams
writer.Dispose();
stream.Close();