This simple tutorial guides you on how to open MSG file in Java. It contains detailed information on configuring the environment to use this library in your application, a set-by-step process to accomplish the task and a runnable sample code to view MSG files in Java. You will learn how to fetch and display different properties of the MSG file and its attachment files if any.

Steps to Read MSG File in Java

1. Set the environment to use Aspose.Email for Java in your project to open an MSG file
2. Instantiate a MapiMessage object and open the sample MSG file using the load() method
3. Display different information about the loaded MSG file using the exposed properties in the MapiMessage class
4. Get a reference to the attachments collection in the loaded MSG file
5. Display different properties of each attachment like file name, display name

These steps summarize the process to view MSG files without Outlook in Java. First, it provides details about the configuration details and then highlights the classes and methods required to load and fetch its properties. For example, the MapiMessage class is used for loading an MSG file with the help of load() method whereas for fetching the contents different properties are used like subject, sender email address, body, recipients, and attachments.

Code to Read MSG File without Outlook in Java

This code demonstrates the process to load and read Outlook MSG files in Java. The MapiMessage.load() method is used by providing the MSG file name however you may use other overloaded methods also that take different arguments like a LoadOptions object can be provided that exposes options to set preferred text encoding for the message, or a callback function to interrupt the operation in case of any error. Similarly, you can get and view other properties of the MSG file like transport message headers, subject prefixes, sent representing name, sensitivity, sender name, reply to, and different flags to name a very few.

This article has taught us to write an Outlook MSG file viewer in Java. If you want to learn the process to create a MapiContact, refer to the article on how to create MapiContact using Java.