File format used by Microsoft Outlook to store data locally.
Personal Storage Table (pst) is a file format used by Microsoft Outlook to store data locally. This includes emails, calendar events etc.
Questions tagged [pst]
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Unable to install pst library
Trying to run python code to extract PST file.
The code itself is here:
import pypff
pst = pypff.file()
pst.open("File.pst")
pst.close()
And here is attempt to install PST module libpff.
$ pip install libpff-python
Collecting libpff-python
Using…
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In MS Outlook VBA, how to find hidden data in a MailItem
Environment: MS Office LTSC Pro Plus 2021 under Windows 11 Pro 64
Background
A couple of weeks ago, I had the startling experience of watching my Outlook inbox fill up with thousands of copies of old e-mails stored in various Outlook folders. A…
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PST to EML with Python
I am looking for how to "convert" from PST to EML in Python.
Is there some way to convert a PST file to EML while keeping the formatted text and attachments?
I was not able to find it on Google.
Any help or advice, I appreciate a lot.
Thanks
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How do I obtain a list of PST Files in stores from Outlook?
I'm reading in emails from PST file and would like the user to be able to specify the file to be read from within the Delphi App and set it as the default.
Setting a PST file into the Sessions store seems to work OK.
However, I have not been able to…
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How do I get FROM/TO/CC and BCC using pypff?
In pypff there is the attribute sender_name for messages, but I can't get the destinataries. Tried using message.trasnport_headers and parsing it, but it seems some messages don't have transport_headers (calendar, Teams, etc.)
I need to extract the…
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New-MailboxExportRequest quote issue
I'm trying to get the following command into a program I am developing in PowerShell studio, I'm having some issues figuring out the escaping sequence here, and testing takes forever since I have to import the PST just to view the data :(
Consider…
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Email address not retrieved when using PST-Parser, get Exchange code instead
I'm using PST-Parser to parse .pst files. Most of this is working, but I am having a problem when a message contains a recipient who is on an Exchange server, at least, I think that's the problem.
If I look at the raw message headers in Outlook, I…
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Problem getting data from .pst file using win32com.client
I am trying to extract some data from a .pst file using win32com.client as described in the answer of Read PST files from win32 or pypff. However, when I run the code I receive the following error:
File '<'COMObject GetNamespace'>', line 2, in…
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Extracting time data from .pst file using pypff
I am trying to write a small python program to compare mailboxes with .pst files in order to check for consistency. I want to extract subject, sender, and datetime data from a .pst file using pypff, but I am having trouble extracting the datetime. I…
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Compressing an Outlook PST programmatically
This Article is the only resource I can find that says the API for compressing a PST file is not exposed. Can anyone verify this or provide information otherwise?
Thanks
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Export-Csv - Added new properties doesn't export
This is my very first StackOverflow post so I will try to be undestandable as much as possible :D
I'm parsing some .pst files to get all the mails and their properties and then export them as .csv files.
The thing is I don't want the attachments…
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How can I access hidden contact properties when exporting to .csv vs .pst in Outlook 2007?
I want to export contacts from Outlook 2007 to a format which can be opened in plain-text for modifying using a program. When exported to .pst format and re-imported, the contacts seem to retain some hidden properties used by an Outlook addin like…
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How to Migrate CategoryList from One PST file to Another via MAPI?
I am trying to migrate the color category list from one PST file to another via MAPI & VC++. However, after the migration, the color category does not appear in the destination PST file.
I ask the question on…
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How do I parse an .ost file into separate emails (preferably with Python)
I am currently trying to parse a .ost file into individual items & emails. I have used libpst to accomplish this for .pst files however this doesn't seem to support .ost's. My operating system is Ubuntu Server 16.04. Any and all suggestions are very…
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PST: Error in names(StCol) <- A : attempt to set an attribute on NULL
Consider the following code:
library(PST)
library(TraMineR)
library(RCurl)
x <- getURL("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/aronlindberg/c79be941bc86274f4526705600962789/raw/6e3ee8d464c97f1c26631d604de41ca97dc22159/sequence_data.csv")
data <-…
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