Question

After mime parsing I am getting email body with duplicate entry(plain n html) and wondering how I can get the true message body. I am using php/mysql. Is there anything in php string or mysql to solve this?
email message body Sample:

testing body from hotmail. testing word can be repeated.



testing body from hotmail. testing word can be repeated.

Answer 1

Ok, so as I said you receive the email in double because you receive it in plain/text and text/html format.

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the email formats ussualy are received in parts, for each type or image

plain/text:

------=_Part_38964_33016848.1312149074828
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
email content in text format

text/html:

------=_Part_38964_33016848.1312149074828
Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
email content in html format

you will find in headers the name of the part, that unique identifier

Content-Type: multipart/alternative; 
              boundary="----=_Part_38964_33016848.1312149074828"

There isn’t a simple way to get the real plain/text and text/html, they are most likely to be togheter if sent from a public email service. If you send email from your scripts, I don’t think you’ll bother to send that email in double format.