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Dijji / XstReader

Xst Reader is an open source viewer for Microsoft Outlook’s .ost and .pst files, written entirely in C#. To download an executable of the current version, go to the releases tab.
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Feature Request: Open a MSG File and extract their properties #40

Open esantose opened 3 years ago

esantose commented 3 years ago

It might be beneficial to have the opportunity to extract the properties of an MSG file. Summary: Open msg files and get their properties and be able to export them. If this feature has not been considered, any suggestions on how to do it?

Dijji commented 3 years ago

The msg file format is quite formidable, and not strongly related to the pst format, although the properties do overlap. Writing a program to read it would require an effort of 25 to 50% of the effort needed to write XstReader. If you want to do it, then the place to start is the Microsoft documentation of the format - just search for MS-OXMSG. I would be interested, however, in understanding your use cases: personally, I have almost never encountered msg files in practice.