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John Smith - 24 Oct 2005 16:56 GMT

Is their a way of reading MS .msg file from outlook in java and converting
them to java mail format?

Thanks

Jon

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Oliver Wong - 24 Oct 2005 18:08 GMT

> Is their a way of reading MS .msg file from outlook in java and converting
> them to java mail format?

Have you done any research on what the file format for .MSG files are
yet?

- Oliver

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zero - 24 Oct 2005 18:24 GMT

> Is their a way of reading MS .msg file from outlook in java and
> converting them to java mail format?
>
> Thanks
>
> Jon

I haven't checked, but since it's MS I'd guess that the file format is
proprietary, meaning it can't be used by anyone other than MS.

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Roedy Green - 25 Oct 2005 05:11 GMT

>I haven't checked, but since it's MS I'd guess that the file format is
>proprietary, meaning it can't be used by anyone other than MS.

Not quite. What that means in MS won't tell you the format. You have
to figure it out. Further they reserve the right to change it at any
time without telling you.

Unfortunately some software precedents in US law are giving the
designer of the format exclusive rights to all software that can read
or even convert/export such files. You no longer own your own data if
the vendor has tricked you into storing it in a proprietary format
without import/export provided by him.

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Roedy Green - 25 Oct 2005 05:19 GMT

On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:56:15 +0100, "John Smith"
<usenet123@ntlworld.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone
who said :

>Is their a way of reading MS .msg file from outlook in java and converting
>them to java mail format?

I had a quick look at the welcome.msg that comes with MS Office.
Assuming that is an outlook file, it is a pretty hairy binary format,
mixing 16 bit and 8 bit chars.

You could not easily crack the format just by creating simple messages
and examining them with a hex editor.

Look into what export ability Outlook itself has or third party tools
to export messages.

The Outlook address book is a frequent target of worms, and it is
cavalier about letting incoming mail do that it wants, so I don't ever
use it. I recommend everyone avoid it, though few people pay any
attention to me.

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