Read outlook .pst within VB6

[Bob Leffew]

I am using VB6.

We have users on a network that all use Outlook as their email program.

Is there a way to tap into each persons .pst file and pull emails for a
certain email address. Once I get the emails I want to write a record for
each email into a database than can be accessed thru a visual basic program.

What I need is to find out if this is possible and where could I get
information on how to read the Outlook file to be able to save the info.

Thanks,

Bob Leffew

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Probably only when all of the users are out of the office, since Outlook does not permit shared access to .pst files and, presumably, when the users are in the office, they'll have Outlook open.

Regardless, reading another .pst file starts with the Namespace.AddStore method from the Outlook object model.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers