Email extracted from .pst does not match the actual email

[arshadali172]

Hi,

pst-extractor is amazing! Thanks for the effort you put into this :)

I am having this issue where the email extracted from .pst does not match the actual email.

If you look at the email json extracted from .pst file using pst-extractor, you will notice that it is missing some lines that are in the actual email.

Is there some kind of max body length enforced by the library?

[epfromer]

Are you referring to the 'bodyPrefix' property? That is a shortened version of the full 'body' property.

[epfromer]

Just grab it like you'd get the bodyPrefix. Something like this in TypeScript/JS:

let email: PSTMessage = folder.getNextChild(); console.log(email.body);

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Ahhh. sorry but how do I access the full 'body' property?

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[arshadali172]

For some reason, body did not appear when I did console.log(JSON.stringify(email)). Anyways, email.body works! Thanks

[epfromer]

Good. Closing this issue.

[arshadali172]

Hi again Ed,

Thanks for helping out with my earlier query.

I have the extractor up and running now. I'm able to read the email body and even the attachments. Sometimes, though I am simply unable to even read the .pst file.

I get the following error. I think it's implying that the file is empty. The size of the file is however 2MB.

Have you ever encountered this error? It's linked to the line - "const pstFile = new PSTFile(resolve('archive.pst'))"

Thanks in advance, Arshad

On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 9:51 PM Ed Pfromer notifications@github.com wrote:

Good. Closing this issue.

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[epfromer]

What's the error? I don't see it in your post. I've extracted attachments > 2mb without issue.

[arshadali172]

Hi epfromer,

I attached the error as a screenshot. The 2 errors I get are either:

• throw new Error('PSTFile::open Invalid file header (expected: "!BDN"): '
• buffer);
• throw new Error('PSTFile::findBtreeItem Unable to find node: ' + index + ' is desc: ' + descTree);

I have also attached the pst file that I tried to read using your library. I have already done a sanity check on the file by opening it in outlook. Do try that too to verify that the file is not corrupted.

Would appreciate it if you could share why I am unable to parse this file using your library (or specifically the test.js code)

Appreciate any help you can provide :)

Best, Arshad

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What's the error? I don't see it in your post. I've extracted attachments

2mb without issue.

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[epfromer]

For some reason, I don't see any attachments. Please send the error screenshot and PST file to epfromer@gmail.com, and I'll look into it. Thanks.