The properties of the MessagePart class are listed below. For a complete list of MessagePart class members, see the MessagePart Members topic.
Public Instance Properties
 Body | This is the parsed body of this MessagePart. It is parsed in that way, if the body was ContentTransferEncoded, it has been decoded to the correct bytes. It will be a null reference if this MessagePart is a MultiPart message. Use IsMultiPart to check if this MessagePart is a MultiPart message. |
| BodyEncoding | This is the encoding used to parse the message body if the MessagePart is not a MultiPart message. It is derived from the ContentType character set property. |
| ContentDescription | A human readable description of the body a null reference if no Content-Description header was present in the message. |
| ContentDisposition | Used to describe if a MessagePart is to be displayed or to be though of as an attachment. Also contains information about filename if such was sent. a null reference if no Content-Disposition header field was present in the message |
| ContentId | ID of the content part (like an attached image). Used with MultiPart messages. a null reference if no Content-ID header field was present in the message. |
| ContentTransferEncoding | This header describes the Content encoding during transfer. If no Content-Transfer-Encoding header was present in the message, it is set to the default of SevenBit in accordance to the RFC. |
| ContentType | The Content-Type header field. If not set, the ContentType is created by the default "text/plain; charset=us-ascii" which is defined in RFC 2045 section 5.2. If set, the default is overridden. |
| FileName | This is a convenient-property for figuring out a FileName for this MessagePart. If the MessagePart is a MultiPart message, then it makes no sense to try to find a FileName. The FileName can be specified in the ContentDisposition or in the ContentType properties. If none of these places two places tells about the FileName, a default "(no name)" is returned. |
| IsAttachment | A MessagePart is considered to be an attachment, if - it is not holding text and is not a MultiPart message or - it has a Content-Disposition header that says it is an attachment |
| IsMultiPart | Describes if this MessagePart is a MultiPart message The MessagePart is a MultiPart message if the ContentType media type property starts with "multipart/" |
| IsText | A MessagePart is considered to be holding text in it's body if the MediaType starts either "text/" or is equal to "message/rfc822" |
| MessageParts | If this MessagePart is a MultiPart message, then this property has a list of each of the Multiple parts that the message consists of. It is a null reference if it is not a MultiPart message. Use IsMultiPart to check if this MessagePart is a MultiPart message. |
See Also
MessagePart Class | OpenPop.Mime Namespace