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Extract Email adresses from .pst file with java-libpst


i have several .pst files and need all the mail-addresses, i sent mails to. The example code of the library allows me to traverse every mail in the file, but i can't find the right getter to extract the mail address of the receiver.

To traverse every mail, i use the code from this site: https://code.google.com/p/java-libpst/

PSTMessage email = (PSTMessage) folder.getNextChild();
while (email != null) {
    printDepth();
    System.out.println("Email: " + email.getSubject());
    printDepth();
    System.out.println("Adress: " + email.getDisplayTo());
    email = (PSTMessage) folder.getNextChild();
}

The getDisplayTo() method only displays the receivers names but not their mail addresses. What getter do i need to use to get the addresses?

Best, Michael


Solution

  • First method : : available getters

    getSenderEmailAddress
    getNumberOfRecipients
    getRecipient(int)
    

    Second Method : parse the header and collect the email address (a_sHeader is a string)

        Session s = Session.getDefaultInstance(new Properties());
        InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(a_sHeader.getBytes());
        try {
            m_message = new MimeMessage(s, is);
    
            m_message.getAllHeaderLines();
            for (Enumeration<Header> e = m_message.getAllHeaders(); e.hasMoreElements();) {
                Header h = e.nextElement();
                // Recipients
                if (h.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(getHeaderName(RecipientType.REC_TYPE_TO))) {
                    m_RecipientsTo = processAddresses(h.getValue());
                }
                ...             
            }
        } catch (MessagingException e1) {
            ...             
        }