Is there a free open-source solution taking raw e-mail message (as a piece of text) and returning each header field, each attachment and the message body as separate fields?
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Is there a free open-source solution taking raw e-mail message (as a piece of text) and returning each header field, each attachment and the message body as separate fields?
Yes, this is a common task and there are a number of apis out there to help you.
If working with Java, I’d look at JavaMail.
If working with PHP, I’d look at PECL mailparse or Pear Mail.