Mailparser

Mailparser: Open-Source Node.js Module for Email Message Parsing

Parse email messages from raw strings, streams, or files with Mailparser, a lightweight and efficient open-source Node.js module. Extract key components like headers, text body, HTML body, attachments, and embedded images.

What is Mailparser?

Mailparser is an open-source Node.js module for parsing email messages. Developed by Andris Reinman, Mailparser provides a simple API for extracting key components from email messages including:

• Headers - Mailparser extracts all headers from email messages like From, To, CC, Subject, Date etc.
• Text body - The plain text content of the email
• HTML body - The HTML version of the email body if available
• Attachments - Mailparser can extract file attachments and images embedded in emails

Some key features of Mailparser:

• Supports parsing email messages from strings, streams or file paths
• Auto-detects and decodes email formats including MIME and uuencoded messages
• Exposes a simple event-based API for handling parsed email components
• Built on top of mailsplit which handles lower level parsing
• Actively maintained and supports Node.js 4 and newer

Mailparser is commonly used in Node.js applications that need to process or analyze email messages such as webmail clients, email filters, or analytics tools for email. It simplifies the implementation by handing most of the email parsing complexity.

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