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revert to vendor branch, since I don't care about this part
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1 LibPST 0.5.1 (17 November 2004)
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2 ===============================
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3
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4 Well, alot has happened since the last release of libpst.
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6 Release / Management:
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7
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8 * The project has forked! The new maintainer is Joseph Nahmias.
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9 * We have changed hosting sites, thanks to sourceforge for hosting
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10 to this point. From this point forward we will be using
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11 alioth.debian.org.
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12 * The project is now using SubVersioN for source control. You can
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13 get the latest code by running:
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14 svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/libpst/trunk .
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15 * See
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16 <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/libpst-devel/2004-November/000000.html>
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17 for more information.
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19 Code Changes:
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21 * Added lspst program to list items in a PST. Still incomplete.
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22 * Added vim folding markers to readpst.c
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23 * avoid the pseudo-prologue that MS prepends to the email headers
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24 * fix build on msvc, since it doesn't have sys/param.h
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25 * Re-vamped Makefile:
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26 * Only define CFLAGS in Makefileif missing
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27 * fixed {un,}install targets in Makefile
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28 * Fixed up build process in Makefile
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29 * Added mozilla conversion script from David Binard
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30 * Fixed bogus creation of readpst.log on every invocation
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31 * escaped dashes and apostrophe in manpages
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32 * Updated TODO
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33 * added manpages from debian pkg
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34 * fix escaped-string length count to consider '\n',
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35 thanks to Paul Bakker <bakker@fox-it.com>.
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36 * ensure there's a blank line between header and body
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37 patch from <johnh@aproposretail.com> (SourceForge #890745).
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38 * Apply accumulated endian-related patches
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39 * Removed unused files, upstream's debian/ dir
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40
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41 -- Joe Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net>
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43 LibPST v0.5
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44 ===========
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46 It is with GREAT relief that I bring you version 0.5 of the LibPST tools!
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48 Through great difficulties, this tool has survived and expanded to become even
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49 better.
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51 The changes are as follows:
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52 * RTF support. We can now decompress RTF bodies in emails, and are saved as attachments
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53 * Better support in reading the indexes. Fixed many bugs with them
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54 * Improved reliability. "Now we are getting somewhere!"
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55 * Improved compiling. Hopefully we won't be hitting too many compile errors now.
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56 * vCard handling. Contacts are now exported as vCard entries.
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57 * vEvent handling. Support has begun on exporting Calendar entries as events
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58 * Support for Journal entries has also begun
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60 If you have any problems with this release, don't hesitate to contact me.
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62 These changes come to you, as always, free under the GPL license!! What a wonderful
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63 thing it is. It does mean that you can write your own program off of this library
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64 and distribute it also for free. However, anyone with commercial interests for
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65 developing applications they will be charging for are encouraged to get in touch
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66 with me, as I am sure we can come to some arrangement.
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68 Dave Smith
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69 <dave.s@earthcorp.com>
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71 LibPST v0.4.3
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72 =============
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74 Bug fix release. No extra functionality
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76 Dave Smith
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77 <dave.s@earthcorp.com>
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79 LibPST v0.4.2
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80 =============
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82 The debug system has had an overhaul. The debug messages are no longer
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83 printed to the screen when they are enabled. They are dumped to a
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84 binary file. There is another utility called "readlog" that I have
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85 written to handle these log files. It should make it easier to
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86 selectively view bits of a log file. It also shows the position that
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87 the log message was printed from.
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89 There is a new switch in readpst. It is -d. It enables the user to
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90 specify the log file which the binary log is written to. If the switch
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91 isn't used, the default file of "readpst.log" is used.
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93 The code is now Visual C++ compatible. It has compiled on Visual C++
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94 .net Standard edition, and produces the readpst.exe file. Use the project
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95 file included in this distribution.
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97 There have been minor improvements elsewhere too.
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100 LibPST v0.4.1
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102
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103 Fixed a couple more bugs. Is it me or do bugs just insert themselves
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104 in random, hard to find places!
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106 Cured a few problems with regard to emails with multiple embeded
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107 items. They are not fully re-created using Mime-types, but are
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108 accessible with the -S switch (which saves everything as seperate
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109 items)
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111 Fixed a problem reading the first index. Back sliders are now
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112 detected. (ie when the value following the current one is smaller, not
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113 bigger!)
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115 Added some error messages when we try and read outside of the PST
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116 file, this was causing a few problems before, cause the return value
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117 wasn't always checked, so it was possible to be reading random data,
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118 and trying to make sense of it!
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120 Anyway, if you find any problems, don't hesitate to mail me
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122 Dave Smith
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123 <dave.s@earthcorp.com>
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125 LibPST v0.4
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127
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128 Fixed a nasty bug that occasionally corrupted attachments. Another bug
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129 with regard to reading of indexes (also occasional).
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131 Another output method has been added which is called "Seperate". It is
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132 activated with the -S switch. It operates in the following manor:
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134 |--Inbox-->000000
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135 | 000001
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136 | 000002
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137 |--Sentmail-->0000000
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138 | 0000001
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139 | 0000002
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141 All the emails are stored in seperate files counting from 0 upwards,
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142 in a folder named as the PST folder.
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144 When an email has an attachment, it is saved as a seperate file. The
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145 filename for the attachment is made up of 2 parts, the first is the
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146 email number to which it belongs, the second is its filename.
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148 The should now be runnable on big-endian machines, if the define.h
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149 file is first modified. The #define LITTLE_ENDIAN must be commented
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150 out, and the #define BIG_ENDIAN must be uncommented.
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152 More verbose error messages have been added. Apparently people got
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153 confused when the program stopped for no visible reason. This has now
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154 been resolved.
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155
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156 Thanks for the continued support of all people involved.
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158 Dave Smith
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159 <dave.s@earthcorp.com>
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161 Libpst v0.3.4
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162 =============
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164 Several more fixes. An Infinite loop and incorrect interpreting of
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165 item index attributes. Work has started on making the code executable
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166 on big endian CPUs. At present it should work with Linux on these
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167 CPUs, but I would appreciate it if you could provide feedback with
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168 regard to it's performance. I am also working with some other people
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169 at make it operate on Solaris.
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171 A whole load more items are now recognized by the Item records. With
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172 more items in Emails and Folders. I haven't got to the Contacts yet.
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174 Anyway, this is what I would call a minor feature enhancment and
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175 bugfix release.
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177 Dave Smith
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178 <dave.s@earthcorp.com>
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180 LibPST v0.3.3
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182
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183 Fixed several items. Mainly memory leaks. Loads of them! oops..
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185 I have added a new program, mainly of debugging, which when passed
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186 an ID value and a pst file, will extract and decrypt that ID from
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187 the pst file. I don't see it being a huge attraction, or of much use
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188 to most people, but it is another example of writing an application
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189 to use the libpst interface.
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191 Another fix was in the reading of the item index. This has hopefully
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192 now been corrected. The result of this bug was that not all the emails
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193 in a folder were converted. Hopefully you should have more luck now.
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198 LibPST v0.3.2
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199 =============
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200
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201 Quick bugfix release. There was a bug in the decryption of the basic
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202 encryption that outlook uses. One byte, 0x6c, was incorrectly decrypted
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203 to 0x6c instead of 0xcd. This release fixes this bug. Sorry...
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206 LibPST v0.3.1
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207 =============
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208
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209 Minor improvements. Fixed bug when linking multiple blocks together,
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210 so now the linking blocks are not "encrypted" when trying to read
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211 them.
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214 LibPST v0.3
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215 ===========
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216
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217 A lot of bug fixing has been done for this release. Testing has been
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218 done on the creation of the files by readpst. Better handling of
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219 large binaries being extracted from the PST file has been implemented.
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221 Quite a few reports have come in about not being able to compile on
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222 Darwin. This could be down to using macros with variable parameter
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223 lists. This has now been changed to use C functions with variable
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224 parameters. I hope this fixes a lot of problems.
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225
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226 Added support for recreating the folder structure into normal
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227 directories. For Instance:
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229 Personal Folders
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230 |-Inbox
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231 | |-Jokes
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232 | |-Meetings
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233 |-Send Items
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235 each folder containing an mbox file with the correct emails for that
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236 folder.
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242 LibPST v0.3 beta1
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243 =================
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245 Again, a shed load of enhancements. More work has been done on the
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246 mime creation. A bug has been fixed that was letting part of the
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247 attachments that were created disappear.
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249 A major enhancement is that "compressible encryption" support has been
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250 added. This was an incredibly simple method to use. It is basically a
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251 ceasar cipher. It has been noted by several users already that the PST
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252 password that Outlook uses, serves *no purpose*. It is not used to
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253 encrypt the PST, it is mearly stored there. This means that the
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254 readpst application is able to convert PST files without knowing the
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255 password. Microsoft have some explaning to do!
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257 Output files are now not overwritten if they already exist. This means
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258 that if you have two folders in your PST file named "fred", the first
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259 one encountered will be named "fred" and the second one will be named
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260 "fred00000001". As you can see, there is enough room there for many
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261 duplicate names!
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262
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263 Output filenames are now restricted. Any "/" or "\" characters in the
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264 name are replaced with "_". If you find that there are any other
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265 characters that need to be changed, could you please make me aware!
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266
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267 Thanks to Berry Wizard for help with supporting the encryption.
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268
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269 Thanks to Auke Kok, Carolus Walraven and Yogesh Kumar Guatam for providing debugging
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270 information and testing.
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271
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272 Dave Smith
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273 <dave.s@earthcorp.com>
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276 LibPST v0.2 beta1
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278
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279 Hello once more...
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280
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281 Attachments are now re-created in mime format. The method is very
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282 crude and could be prone to over generalisation. Please test this
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283 version, and if attachments are not recreated correctly, please send
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284 me the email (complete message source) of the original and
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285 converted. Cheers.
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286
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287 I hope this will work for everyone who uses this program, but reality
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288 can be very different!
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289
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290 Let us see how it goes...
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291
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292 Dave Smith
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293 <dave.s@earthcorp.com>
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295 LibPST v0.2 alpha1
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298 Hello!
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299
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300 Some improvements. The internal code has been changed so that
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301 attachments are now processed and loaded into the structures. The
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302 readpst program is not finished yet. It needs to convert these binary
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303 structs into mime data. At present it just saves them to the current
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304 directory, overwriting any previous files with the attachment name.
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305
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306 Improvements over previous version:
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307 * KMail output is supported - if the "-k" flag is specified, all the
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308 directory hierarchy is created using the KMail standard
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309 * Lots of bugs and memory leaks fixed
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312 Usage:
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314 ReadPST v0.2alpha1 implementing LibPST v0.2alpha1
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315 Usage: ./readpst [OPTIONS] {PST FILENAME}
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316 OPTIONS:
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317 -h - Help. This screen
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318 -k - KMail. Output in kmail format
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319 -o - Output Dir. Directory to write files to. CWD is changed *after* opening pst file
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320 -V - Version. Display program version
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321
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322 If you want to view lots of debug output, modify a line in "define.h"
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323 from "//#define DEBUG_ALL" to "#define DEBUG_ALL". It would then be
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324 advisable to pipe all output to a log file:
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325
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326 ./readpst -o out pst_file &> logfile
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328 Dave Smith
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330 LibPST v0.1
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333 Hi Folks!
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335 This has been a long, hard slog, but I now feel that I have got
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336 somewhere useful. The included program "main" is able to read an
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337 Outlook PST file and dump the emails into mbox files, separating each
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338 folder into a different mbox file. All the mbox files are stored in
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339 the current directory and no attempt is yet made to organise these
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340 files into a directory hierarchy. This would not be too difficult to
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341 achieve though.
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343 Email attachments are not yet handled, neither are Contacts.
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345 There is no pretty interface yet, but you can convert a PST file in
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346 the following manner
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348 ./main {path to PST file}
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350 This is very much a work in progress, but I thought I should release
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351 this code so that people can lose their conception that outlook files
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352 will never be converted to Linux.
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354 I am intending that the code I am writing will be developed into
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355 greater applications to provide USEFUL tools for accessing and
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356 converting PST files into a variety of formats.
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358 One point I feel I should make is that Outlook, by default, creates
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359 "Compressible Encryption" PST files. I have not, as yet, attempted to
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360 write any decryption routines, so you will not be able to convert
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361 these files. However, if you create a new PST file and choose not to
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362 make an encrypted one, you can copy all your emails into this new one
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363 and then convert the unencrypted one.
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364
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365 I hope you enjoy,
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366
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367 Dave Smith
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369 : vim: set tw=72 sw=4 ts=4: