Installation

This page covers installing Aspose.Email.Foss into a .NET project.

Prerequisites

Requirement	Detail
.NET	8.0 or later (`dotnet --version` to check)
NuGet	Included with the .NET SDK
OS	Windows, Linux, or macOS

Install via NuGet CLI

dotnet add package Aspose.Email.Foss

Install via Package Manager Console (Visual Studio)

Install-Package Aspose.Email.Foss

Install via PackageReference (csproj)

<PackageReference Include="Aspose.Email.Foss" Version="*" />

Verify the Installation

Add the following to a minimal console application and run it:

using Aspose.Email.Foss.Msg;

var message = MapiMessage.Create("Test subject", "Test body");
Console.WriteLine($"Subject: {message.Subject}");
// Output: Subject: Test subject

If you see the subject printed without errors, the package is installed correctly.

Namespaces

Namespace	Contents
`Aspose.Email.Foss.Msg`	`MapiMessage`, `MapiAttachment`, `MapiRecipient`, `MapiProperty`, `MsgReader`, `MsgWriter`, `CommonMessagePropertyId`
`Aspose.Email.Foss.Cfb`	`CfbReader`, `CfbWriter`, `CfbDocument`, `CfbStorage`, `CfbStream`, `CfbNode`

Framework Compatibility

Target	Supported
.NET 8.0	✓
.NET 9.0	✓
.NET Framework	—
.NET Standard 2.0/2.1	—

The library targets .NET 8.0 or later and uses no native dependencies — it runs identically on Windows, Linux, macOS, Docker containers, and serverless functions.

Next Steps

Getting Started: Overview and quick-start example
Developer Guide: MSG operations, properties, and attachments