How to export an email into an eml file?

[LukePa]

Hi:

For backup purpose, I want to export some of my emails into eml files.

Using
parse_email_parts($mbox, $emailid, $structure, 0, $message, $html_message, $attachments, $found_html), I get $message, which is the email with the headers and the body.
When I save $message into an eml file, I can read the email fine but the attachments are missing.
I can extract individually the attachments but what I want is having them part of the eml file.

How can I fix that?

Thanks.

 

[cholebatia]

Which email client do you use?

 

[LukePa]

I don't use a client. I want to create those eml files directly from PHP using the imap functions.

 

[cholebatia]

Ok!! but can you tell me the file format of your email file that you want to save in EML ?

 

[LukePa]

I'm not sure I understand your question. I send requests to an IMAP server, and I analyse and parse the response through the PHP imap collection of functions. What I want to achieve is export the email into a file, using the standard eml format. I could do that directly from an email client but I want it done automatically.

 

[Michalio]

you need to add the attachments in the .eml file, please check an example .eml file. For each attachment you need to add the dedicated part with encoded content:

--------------<attachment's part id>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8;
 name="<filename>"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment;
 filename="<filename>"

<encoded content after a blank line that divide the header and the body>

 

[LukePa]

I found out that the function imap_savebody($mbox, $file, $emailid, "", 0) gives the complete email data in an eml format. That's what I was looking for.
Thank you all for your feedback.

 

[Janee_smith]

To include attachments in .eml files, save the full MIME content of the email. Use imap_fetchheader() and imap_body() to fetch headers, body, and attachments together.