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Chris Newby
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject:
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Is there an API for accessing OST file? What about CDO?
I'm looking for a way to programatically extract emails from users'
mailboxes in an enviornment where our Exchange is hosted by a third party
.... perhaps the OST file is not the best way?
TIA//
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David L. West
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:52 pm Post subject:
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| Quote: | Is there an API for accessing OST file? What about CDO?
I'm looking for a way to programatically extract emails from users'
mailboxes in an enviornment where our Exchange is hosted by a third party
... perhaps the OST file is not the best way?
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Does the app run on the client or the server?
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David L. West
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Chris Newby
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:07 pm Post subject:
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It would have to run on the client.
"David L. West" <nntp@deskoptional.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Is there an API for accessing OST file? What about CDO?
I'm looking for a way to programatically extract emails from users'
mailboxes in an enviornment where our Exchange is hosted by a third party
... perhaps the OST file is not the best way?
Does the app run on the client or the server?
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David L. West
http://www.deskoptional.com |
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David L. West
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Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:15 pm Post subject:
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What about the Outlook object model? Whether to use that or CDO would
depend on what you need to do. Oh, and what platform are you developing on?
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David L. West
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Chris Newby
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:18 am Post subject:
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Well ... specifically, for compliance purposes, we need to create an
application that will allow us to extract one email per week over the last 3
years for each of our users and print them. Currently our Exchange is hosted
by a thrid-party to which we cannot easily aquire programatic access and
interface directly with the Exchange database.
Our users are all configured with cached connections, so my thought was that
if we could gain access to their OST files thru a relatively straight
forward API, we should be able to accomplish our goals.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Chris
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| Quote: | What about the Outlook object model? Whether to use that or CDO would
depend on what you need to do. Oh, and what platform are you developing
on?
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David L. West
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:40 am Post subject:
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I doubt you'll get anywhere trying to access the OST directly, since MS
goes to some trouble to make it inaccessible and unportable for security
purposes.
I've never tried CDO against a cached store, but I also can't think of any
reason it wouldn't work. The Outlook object model method would work, but
in my experience is better suited to doing thing that use the UI. Sounds
like what you're doing does not, so I'd encourage you to check out CDO.
Handy site to know about if you don't already: http://www.cdolive.com/
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David L. West
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Chris Newby
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 12:59 am Post subject:
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Awesome ... yeah I'm already going down the CDO route, just wanted to make
sure it was worth my time. Thanks for your advice David//
"David L. West" <nntp@deskoptional.com> wrote in message
news:op.sywrlv1yz54syx@clea.dna.local...
| Quote: | I doubt you'll get anywhere trying to access the OST directly, since MS
goes to some trouble to make it inaccessible and unportable for security
purposes.
I've never tried CDO against a cached store, but I also can't think of any
reason it wouldn't work. The Outlook object model method would work, but
in my experience is better suited to doing thing that use the UI. Sounds
like what you're doing does not, so I'd encourage you to check out CDO.
Handy site to know about if you don't already: http://www.cdolive.com/
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