I need to get and save the attachments(s) from a mail item, but using the code below returns all attachments - meaning it also returns the embedded images like the sender's signature with logo which is an image. How can I differentiate a true attachment vs. embedded images? I have seen a lot from forums but it is still unclear to me.
public static void SaveData(MailItem currentMailItem)
{
if (currentMailItem != null)
{
if (currentMailItem.Attachments.Count > 0)
{
for (int i = 1; i <= currentMailItem.Attachments.Count; i++)
{
currentMailItem.Attachments[i].SaveAsFile(@"C:\TestFileSave\" + currentMailItem.Attachments[i].FileName);
}
}
}
}
You can check whether an attachment is inline or not by using the following pseudo-code from MS Technet Forums.
if body format is plain text then
no attachment is inline
else if body format is RTF then
if PR_ATTACH_METHOD value is 6 (ATTACH_OLE) then
attachment is inline
else
attachment is normal
else if body format is HTML then
if PR_ATTACH_FLAGS value has the 4 bit set (ATT_MHTML_REF) then
attachment is inline
else
attachment is normal
You can access the message body format using MailItem.BodyFormat
and the MIME attachment properties using Attachment.PropertyAccessor
.
string PR_ATTACH_METHOD = 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x37050003';
var attachMethod = attachment.PropertyAccessor.Get(PR_ATTACH_METHOD);
string PR_ATTACH_FLAGS = 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x37140003';
var attachFlags = attachment.PropertyAccessor.Get(PR_ATTACH_FLAGS);
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