Complete information extraction from archive files.

[Chris Bacon]

I have a number of Outlook archive files (.pst). Is there an easy
way to access information from them other than by using Outlook?

If not, is the way to extract data in text form (so that it can be
processed by other utilities) to open the archive using Outlook,
and save all the messages to file - is there a way to also get the
full headers?

 

[Pete Maclean]

I have a number of Outlook archive files (.pst). Is there an easy
way to access information from them other than by using Outlook?

If not, is the way to extract data in text form (so that it can be
processed by other utilities) to open the archive using Outlook,
and save all the messages to file - is there a way to also get the
full headers?

There is no way to extract data from a PST without using MAPI which, for all
practical purposes, means having Outlook installed.

One tool you might use is Microsoft's MAPI Editor, a recently released, free
utility that you can find at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d7-1878-4637-9808-1e21abb3ae37&DisplayLang=en

MAPI Editor will convert an entire PST into XML.

There are also various commercial products available to extract data, some
of which will even synthesize message headers for you. I am a developer of
some such tools which you can find on my Web site at
http://www.maclean.com/Outsmart/Outsmart.html

Pete Maclean

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am a
developer of some such tools which you can find on my Web site at
http://www.maclean.com/Outsmart/Outsmart.html

That Upstart tool of yours is a good idea, since the advice in these
newsgroups up until now has been that there's no conversion utility. The
fact that it's free enhances it's attraction.

Perhaps you should ask Diane Poremsky if she'd include a link to your site
on one of the Tools pages of slipstick.com. You have some interesting and
what appear to be useful tools.

 

[Pete Maclean]

That Upstart tool of yours is a good idea, since the advice in these
newsgroups up until now has been that there's no conversion utility. The
fact that it's free enhances it's attraction.

Perhaps you should ask Diane Poremsky if she'd include a link to your site
on one of the Tools pages of slipstick.com. You have some interesting and
what appear to be useful tools.

Brian, Thank you for your comments. Slipstick already has links to some of
my products but not to Upstart which is very new. I'll contact Diane about
that.

Pete