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Email Parser

An email message contains a set of headers and a body. The headers contain metadata about the message, such as the sender, recipient, subject, and date. The body contains the actual message content. The body can be plain text, HTML, or a combination of both.

This tool allows you to paste an email message and see its parsed representation. The parsed representation contains the message headers and the body content. The body content is decoded from the Content-Transfer-Encoding specified in the message headers.

Email source

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
From: Alice <alice@example.org>
To: Bob <bob@example.org>
Subject: Hello
Message-ID: <9cb6c406-7f3e-52bb-1bdc-f28723af50a9@example.org>
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 21:14:44 +0000
MIME-Version: 1.0

Hi Bob, this is Alice.
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
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From: Alice <[email protected]>
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To: Bob <[email protected]>
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Subject: Hello
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Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 21:14:44 +0000
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MIME-Version: 1.0
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Hi Bob, this is Alice.
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Parsed mail

{
  "attachments": [],
  "headers": {},
  "headerLines": [
    {
      "key": "content-type",
      "line": "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8"
    },
    {
      "key": "from",
      "line": "From: Alice <alice@example.org>"
    },
    {
      "key": "to",
      "line": "To: Bob <bob@example.org>"
    },
    {
      "key": "subject",
      "line": "Subject: Hello"
    },
    {
      "key": "message-id",
      "line": "Message-ID: <9cb6c406-7f3e-52bb-1bdc-f28723af50a9@example.org>"
    },
    {
      "key": "content-transfer-encoding",
      "line": "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable"
    },
    {
      "key": "date",
      "line": "Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 21:14:44 +0000"
    },
    {
      "key": "mime-version",
      "line": "MIME-Version: 1.0"
    }
  ],
  "text": "Hi Bob, this is Alice. I am testing the mailparser library for parsing emails.\n",
  "textAsHtml": "<p>Hi Bob, this is Alice. I am testing the mailparser library for parsing emails.</p>",
  "subject": "Hello",
  "date": "2023-05-27T21:14:44.000Z",
  "to": {
    "value": [
      {
        "address": "bob@example.org",
        "name": "Bob"
      }
    ],
    "html": "<span class=\"mp_address_group\"><span class=\"mp_address_name\">Bob</span> &lt;<a href=\"mailto:bob@example.org\" class=\"mp_address_email\">bob@example.org</a>&gt;</span>",
    "text": "Bob <bob@example.org>"
  },
  "from": {
    "value": [
      {
        "address": "alice@example.org",
        "name": "Alice"
      }
    ],
    "html": "<span class=\"mp_address_group\"><span class=\"mp_address_name\">Alice</span> &lt;<a href=\"mailto:alice@example.org\" class=\"mp_address_email\">alice@example.org</a>&gt;</span>",
    "text": "Alice <alice@example.org>"
  },
  "messageId": "<9cb6c406-7f3e-52bb-1bdc-f28723af50a9@example.org>",
  "html": false
}1
{
2
  "attachments": [],
3
  "headers": {},
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  "headerLines": [
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    {
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      "key": "content-type",
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      "line": "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8"
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    },
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    {
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      "key": "from",
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      "line": "From: Alice <[email protected]>"
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    },
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    {
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      "key": "to",
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      "line": "To: Bob <[email protected]>"
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    },
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    {
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      "key": "subject",
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      "line": "Subject: Hello"
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    },
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    {
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      "key": "message-id",
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      "line": "Message-ID: <[email protected]>"
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    },
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    {
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      "key": "content-transfer-encoding",
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      "line": "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable"
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    },
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    {
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      "key": "date",
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      "line": "Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 21:14:44 +0000"
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    },
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    {
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      "key": "mime-version",
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      "line": "MIME-Version: 1.0"
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    }
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  ],
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  "text": "Hi Bob, this is Alice. I am testing the mailparser library for parsing emails.\n",
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  "textAsHtml": "<p>Hi Bob, this is Alice. I am testing the mailparser library for parsing emails.</p>",
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  "subject": "Hello",
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  "date": "2023-05-27T21:14:44.000Z",
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  "to": {
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    "value": [
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      {
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        "address": "[email protected]",
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        "name": "Bob"
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      }
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    ],
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    "html": "<span class=\"mp_address_group\"><span class=\"mp_address_name\">Bob</span> &lt;<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" class=\"mp_address_email\">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span>",
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    "text": "Bob <[email protected]>"
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  },
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  "from": {
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    "value": [
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      {
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        "address": "[email protected]",
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        "name": "Alice"
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      }
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    ],
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    "html": "<span class=\"mp_address_group\"><span class=\"mp_address_name\">Alice</span> &lt;<a href=\"mailto:[email protected]\" class=\"mp_address_email\">[email protected]</a>&gt;</span>",
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    "text": "Alice <[email protected]>"
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  },
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  "messageId": "<[email protected]>",
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  "html": false
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}

Email Parser

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