Posted by Jim Michaels on 02/12/06 09:36
I saw an MSDN article in
http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/results.aspx?qu=pst+format&View=msdn&st=b
which stated that pst came in different formats and folder size limits.
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/48409524/m/725003017631/p/2
"Sean Barton" <barton.sean@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>i would like to do something similar actually. i havent ever actually
> got around to playing with it. i would appreciate it if you would post
> some code if you manage it.
>
> as a help to you, outlook saves all of its data in a file called
> outlook.pst (please note outlook express uses a different file) its in
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Microsoft\outlook i thin or something like that. the directory
> local settings is hidden if you didnt know.
>
> im not sure about updated emails and not sure if this file is updated
> when outlook is open or not but its a start.
>
> you could create a php file that takes this outlook.pst file in and
> makes some sense of it. de-microsofting the code will be a pain but im
> sure theres a way. look at a php function called file() to grab the lot
> into an array. or this way may be better as im not sure how arrays cope
> with huge amounts of data like microsofts datafiles usually are. try
> fopen();
>
> hope this helps
>
> Sean Barton
>
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