Is there an open-source eMail message (headers, attachments, etc.) parser?

Question

Is there a free open-source solution taking raw e-mail message (as a piece of text) and returning each header field, each attachment and the message body as separate fields?

Answer 1

Yes... For each language you pointed out, I've used the one in Python myself. Try perusing the library documentation for your chosen library.

(Note: You may be expecting a "nice", high-level library for this parsing... That's a tricky area, email has evolved and grown without much design, there are a lot of dark corners, and API's reflect that).

Answer 2

Yes, this is a common task and there are a number of apis out there to help you.

If working with Java, I'd look at JavaMail.

If working with PHP, I'd look at PECL mailparse or Pear Mail.

Answer 3

javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage
    protected void parse(InputStream is)