MBOX is a mailbox file formats family used by various email applications such as Thunderbird, Eudora, Apple Mail, Entourage, etc. MBOX file is the typical format for storing emails. It contains all message data including the properties, body and attachments. Sometimes, for different reasons, it is necessary to merge MBOX data files. Some of these reasons are mentioned below:
- There are several e-mail archives that are usable to combine into one for storing
- To improve the searching performance of certain emails
- To further conversion merged MBOX file to another mailbox format, such as PST
- To merge multiple mailboxes into a single file
In this article, we will learn how to merge multiple MBOX files into a single in C#.
The following topics will be covered in this article:
C# API to merge MBOX files
To to merge MBOX files, we will use Aspose.Email for .NET. It is a popular and feature-rich library to implement email applications using .NET. Also, it allows you to manipulate and convert various email formats. You can install Aspose.Email for .NET via NuGet or download its DLL.
PM> Install-Package Aspose.Email
How to merge multiple MBOX files
The following are the steps to merge multiple MBOX files into single MBOX file using Aspose.Email for .NET.
- Сreate a target MBOX file for writing
- Sequentially load source MBOX files
- Read messages from a source MBOX file and write them to a target MBOX
Let’s now write the code and merge MBOX files using C#.
Merge multiple MBOX files using C#
The following are the steps to merge MBOX files in C#.
- Create a target MBOX file for writing using MboxrdStorageWriter class.
- Open source MBOX files in a loop using MboxStorageReader.CreateReader method.
- Read message from source MBOX using EnumerateMessages and write it to target MBOX using WriteMessage in a loop.
The following code sample shows how to merge MBOX files.
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Conclusion
In this article, you have learned how to merge MBOX files in C#. You can simply install Aspose.Email for .NET and integrate MBOX format support in your applications. In addition, you can explore other features of Aspose.Email using the documentation. Also, you can post your queries to our forum.