MsgKit is a 100% managed C# .NET library that supports C# .NET 4.5 and Standard 2.0 (no PINVOKE or whatsoever) which may be used for the creation of messages (E-Mail, Appointments, Journals and Stickey Notes) that are Outlook compatible
- Started in 2015
- Picked up again in August 2016, adding all the know MAPI (Named) properties
- Finished adding all the named properties
- Appointment support added by Travis Semple in 2017
MsgKit is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Magic-Sessions and is licensed under the MIT license:
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of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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The easiest way to install MsgKit is via NuGet.
In Visual Studio's Package Manager Console, simply enter the following command:
Install-Package MsgKit
using (var email = new Email(
new Sender("peterpan@neverland.com", "Peter Pan"),
new Representing("tinkerbell@neverland.com", "Tinkerbell"),
"Hello Neverland subject"))
{
email.Recipients.AddTo("captainhook@neverland.com", "Captain Hook");
email.Recipients.AddCc("crocodile@neverland.com", "The evil ticking crocodile");
email.Subject = "This is the subject";
email.BodyText = "Hello Neverland text";
email.BodyHtml = "<html><head></head><body><b>Hello Neverland html</b></body></html>";
email.Importance = MessageImportance.IMPORTANCE_HIGH;
email.IconIndex = MessageIconIndex.ReadMail;
email.Attachments.Add(@"d:\crocodile.jpg");
email.Save(@"c:\email.msg");
// Show the E-mail
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"c:\email.msg");
}using (var appointment = new Appointment(
new Sender("peterpan@neverland.com", "Peter Pan"),
new Representing("tinkerbell@neverland.com", "Tinkerbell"),
"Hello Neverland subject"))
{
appointment.Recipients.AddTo("captainhook@neverland.com", "Captain Hook");
appointment.Recipients.AddCc("crocodile@neverland.com", "The evil ticking crocodile");
appointment.Subject = "This is the subject";
appointment.Location = "Neverland";
appointment.MeetingStart = DateTime.Now.Date;
appointment.MeetingEnd = DateTime.Now.Date.AddDays(1).Date;
appointment.AllDay = true;
appointment.BodyText = "Hello Neverland text";
appointment.BodyHtml = "<html><head></head><body><b>Hello Neverland html</b></body></html>";
appointment.SentOn = DateTime.UtcNow;
appointment.Importance = MessageImportance.IMPORTANCE_NORMAL;
appointment.IconIndex = MessageIconIndex.UnsentMail;
appointment.Attachments.Add(@"d:\crocodile.jpg");
appointment.Save(@"c:\appointment.msg");
// Show the Appointment
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"c:\appointment.msg");
}Sicos1977 (Kees van Spelde)
Seeker25 (Travis Semple) - Implemented Appointment support
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