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1 LibPST 0.6.4 (2008-01-18)
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4 * More fixes for Outlook 2003 64 bit parsing. We observed cases of
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5 compressed RTF bodies (type 0x1009) with zero length.
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6 * Document type 0x0101 descriptor blocks and try to process them.
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7 This is still not correct.
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8 * Fix large file support - we need to include config.h before any
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9 standard headers.
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11 LibPST 0.6.3 (2008-01-13)
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14 * More type consistency issues found by splint.
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16 LibPST 0.6.2 (2008-01-12)
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19 * More fixes for Outlook 2003 64 bit parsing.
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20 * All buffer sizes changed to size_t, all file offsets changed to off_t,
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21 all function names start with pst_, many other type consistency issues
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22 found by splint. Many changes to #llx in debug printing for 64 bit items.
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23 All id values are now uint64_t.
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25 LibPST 0.6.1 (2008-01-06)
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27
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28 * Outlook 2003 64 bit parsing. Some documentation from Alexander Grau
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29 <alexandergrau@gmx.de> and patches from Sean Loaring <sloaring@tec-man.com>.
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30 * fix from Antonio Palama <palama@inwind.it> for email items
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31 that happen to have item->contact non null, and were being processed
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32 as contacts.
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33 * Add large file support so we can read .pst files larger than 2gb.
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34 * Change lspst to be similar to readpst, properly using recursion to walk
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35 the tree, and testing item types. Add a man page for lspst.
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37 LibPST 0.5.12 (2007-10-02)
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38 ===============================
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40 * security fix from Brad Hards <bradh@frogmouth.net> for buffer
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41 overruns in liv-zemple decoding for corrupted or malicious pst files.
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43 LibPST 0.5.11 (2007-08-24)
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46 * fix from Stevens Miller <smiller@novadatalabs.com>
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47 for unitialized variable.
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49 LibPST 0.5.10 (2007-08-20)
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51
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52 * fix yet more valgrind errors - finally have a clean memory check.
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53 * restructure readpst.c for proper recursive tree walk.
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54 * buffer overrun test was backwards, introduced at 0.5.6
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55 * fix broken email attachments, introduced at 0.5.6
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57 LibPST 0.5.9 (2007-08-12)
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60 * fix more valgrind errors.
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62 LibPST 0.5.8 (2007-08-10)
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65 * fix more valgrind errors. lzfu_decompress needs to return the
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66 actual buffer size, since the lz header overestimates the size.
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67 This caused base64_encode to encode undefined bytes into the
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68 email attachment.
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70 LibPST 0.5.7 (2007-08-09)
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73 * fix valgrind errors, using uninitialized data.
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74 * improve debug logging and readpstlog for indented listings.
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75 * cleanup documentation.
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77 LibPST 0.5.6 (2007-07-15)
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80 * Fix to allow very small pst files with only one node in the
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81 tree. We were mixing signed/unsigned types in comparisons.
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82 * More progress decoding the basic structure 7c blocks. Many
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83 four byte values may be ID2 indices with data outside the buffer.
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84 * Start using doxygen to generate internal documentation.
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86 LibPST 0.5.5 (2007-07-10)
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89 * merge the following changes from Joe Nahmias version:
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90 * Lots of memory fixes. Thanks to Nigel Horne for his assistance
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91 tracking these down!
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92 * Fixed creation of vCards from contacts, thanks to Nigel Horne for
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93 his help with this!
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94 * fix for MIME multipart/alternative attachments.
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95 * added -c options to readpst manpage.
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96 * use 8.3 attachment filename if long filename isn't available.
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97 * new -b option to skip rtf-body.rtf attachments.
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98 * fix format of From header lines in mbox files.
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99 * Add more appointment fields, thanks to Chris Halls for tracking
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103 LibPST 0.5.4 (2006-02-25)
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106 * patches from Arne, adding MH mode, remove leading zeros
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107 from the generated numbered filenames starting with one
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108 rather than zero. Miscellaneous code cleanup.
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110 * document the "7c" descriptor block format.
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112 LibPST 0.5.3 (2006-02-20)
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115 * switch to gnu autoconf/automake. This breaks the MS VC++ projects
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116 since the source code is now in the src subdirectory.
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118 * documentation switched to xml, building man pages and html
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119 from the master xml copy.
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121 * include rpm .spec file for building src and binary rpms.
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124 LibPST 0.5.2 (2006-02-18)
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126
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127 * Added pst2ldif to convert the contacts to ldif format for import
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128 into ldap databases.
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129
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130 * Major changes to libpst.c to properly use the node depth values
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131 from the b-tree nodes. We also use the item count values in the nodes
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132 rather than trying to guess how many items are active.
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133
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134 * Cleanup whitespace - using tabs for every four columns.
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137 LibPST 0.5.1 (17 November 2004)
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140 Well, alot has happened since the last release of libpst.
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142 Release / Management:
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144 * The project has forked! The new maintainer is Joseph Nahmias.
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145 * We have changed hosting sites, thanks to sourceforge for hosting
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146 to this point. From this point forward we will be using
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147 alioth.debian.org.
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148 * The project is now using SubVersioN for source control. You can
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149 get the latest code by running:
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150 svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/libpst/trunk .
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151 * See
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152 <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/libpst-devel/2004-November/000000.html>
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153 for more information.
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155 Code Changes:
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157 * Added lspst program to list items in a PST. Still incomplete.
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158 * Added vim folding markers to readpst.c
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159 * avoid the pseudo-prologue that MS prepends to the email headers
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160 * fix build on msvc, since it doesn't have sys/param.h
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161 * Re-vamped Makefile:
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162 * Only define CFLAGS in Makefileif missing
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163 * fixed {un,}install targets in Makefile
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164 * Fixed up build process in Makefile
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165 * Added mozilla conversion script from David Binard
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166 * Fixed bogus creation of readpst.log on every invocation
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167 * escaped dashes and apostrophe in manpages
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168 * Updated TODO
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169 * added manpages from debian pkg
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170 * fix escaped-string length count to consider '\n',
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171 thanks to Paul Bakker <bakker@fox-it.com>.
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172 * ensure there's a blank line between header and body
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173 patch from <johnh@aproposretail.com> (SourceForge #890745).
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174 * Apply accumulated endian-related patches
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175 * Removed unused files, upstream's debian/ dir
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177 -- Joe Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net>
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179 LibPST v0.5
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180 ===========
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182 It is with GREAT relief that I bring you version 0.5 of the LibPST tools!
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183
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184 Through great difficulties, this tool has survived and expanded to become even
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185 better.
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186
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187 The changes are as follows:
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188 * RTF support. We can now decompress RTF bodies in emails, and are saved as attachments
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189 * Better support in reading the indexes. Fixed many bugs with them
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190 * Improved reliability. "Now we are getting somewhere!"
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191 * Improved compiling. Hopefully we won't be hitting too many compile errors now.
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192 * vCard handling. Contacts are now exported as vCard entries.
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193 * vEvent handling. Support has begun on exporting Calendar entries as events
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194 * Support for Journal entries has also begun
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195
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196 If you have any problems with this release, don't hesitate to contact me.
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199 thing it is. It does mean that you can write your own program off of this library
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200 and distribute it also for free. However, anyone with commercial interests for
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201 developing applications they will be charging for are encouraged to get in touch
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202 with me, as I am sure we can come to some arrangement.
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215 LibPST v0.4.2
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218 The debug system has had an overhaul. The debug messages are no longer
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221 written to handle these log files. It should make it easier to
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222 selectively view bits of a log file. It also shows the position that
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225 There is a new switch in readpst. It is -d. It enables the user to
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226 specify the log file which the binary log is written to. If the switch
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229 The code is now Visual C++ compatible. It has compiled on Visual C++
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230 .net Standard edition, and produces the readpst.exe file. Use the project
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239 Fixed a couple more bugs. Is it me or do bugs just insert themselves
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242 Cured a few problems with regard to emails with multiple embeded
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243 items. They are not fully re-created using Mime-types, but are
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247 Fixed a problem reading the first index. Back sliders are now
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248 detected. (ie when the value following the current one is smaller, not
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252 file, this was causing a few problems before, cause the return value
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254 and trying to make sense of it!
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256 Anyway, if you find any problems, don't hesitate to mail me
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264 Fixed a nasty bug that occasionally corrupted attachments. Another bug
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265 with regard to reading of indexes (also occasional).
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267 Another output method has been added which is called "Seperate". It is
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277 All the emails are stored in seperate files counting from 0 upwards,
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280 When an email has an attachment, it is saved as a seperate file. The
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281 filename for the attachment is made up of 2 parts, the first is the
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282 email number to which it belongs, the second is its filename.
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284 The should now be runnable on big-endian machines, if the define.h
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285 file is first modified. The #define LITTLE_ENDIAN must be commented
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286 out, and the #define BIG_ENDIAN must be uncommented.
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288 More verbose error messages have been added. Apparently people got
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289 confused when the program stopped for no visible reason. This has now
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292 Thanks for the continued support of all people involved.
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297 Libpst v0.3.4
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300 Several more fixes. An Infinite loop and incorrect interpreting of
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301 item index attributes. Work has started on making the code executable
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302 on big endian CPUs. At present it should work with Linux on these
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303 CPUs, but I would appreciate it if you could provide feedback with
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304 regard to it's performance. I am also working with some other people
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305 at make it operate on Solaris.
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307 A whole load more items are now recognized by the Item records. With
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308 more items in Emails and Folders. I haven't got to the Contacts yet.
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310 Anyway, this is what I would call a minor feature enhancment and
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311 bugfix release.
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316 LibPST v0.3.3
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319 Fixed several items. Mainly memory leaks. Loads of them! oops..
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321 I have added a new program, mainly of debugging, which when passed
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322 an ID value and a pst file, will extract and decrypt that ID from
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323 the pst file. I don't see it being a huge attraction, or of much use
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324 to most people, but it is another example of writing an application
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325 to use the libpst interface.
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327 Another fix was in the reading of the item index. This has hopefully
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328 now been corrected. The result of this bug was that not all the emails
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329 in a folder were converted. Hopefully you should have more luck now.
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334 LibPST v0.3.2
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337 Quick bugfix release. There was a bug in the decryption of the basic
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338 encryption that outlook uses. One byte, 0x6c, was incorrectly decrypted
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339 to 0x6c instead of 0xcd. This release fixes this bug. Sorry...
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342 LibPST v0.3.1
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345 Minor improvements. Fixed bug when linking multiple blocks together,
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346 so now the linking blocks are not "encrypted" when trying to read
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347 them.
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350 LibPST v0.3
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353 A lot of bug fixing has been done for this release. Testing has been
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354 done on the creation of the files by readpst. Better handling of
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355 large binaries being extracted from the PST file has been implemented.
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357 Quite a few reports have come in about not being able to compile on
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358 Darwin. This could be down to using macros with variable parameter
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359 lists. This has now been changed to use C functions with variable
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360 parameters. I hope this fixes a lot of problems.
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361
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362 Added support for recreating the folder structure into normal
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363 directories. For Instance:
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365 Personal Folders
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371 each folder containing an mbox file with the correct emails for that
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378 LibPST v0.3 beta1
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381 Again, a shed load of enhancements. More work has been done on the
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382 mime creation. A bug has been fixed that was letting part of the
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383 attachments that were created disappear.
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385 A major enhancement is that "compressible encryption" support has been
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386 added. This was an incredibly simple method to use. It is basically a
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387 ceasar cipher. It has been noted by several users already that the PST
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388 password that Outlook uses, serves *no purpose*. It is not used to
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389 encrypt the PST, it is mearly stored there. This means that the
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390 readpst application is able to convert PST files without knowing the
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393 Output files are now not overwritten if they already exist. This means
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394 that if you have two folders in your PST file named "fred", the first
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395 one encountered will be named "fred" and the second one will be named
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396 "fred00000001". As you can see, there is enough room there for many
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397 duplicate names!
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399 Output filenames are now restricted. Any "/" or "\" characters in the
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400 name are replaced with "_". If you find that there are any other
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401 characters that need to be changed, could you please make me aware!
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403 Thanks to Berry Wizard for help with supporting the encryption.
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405 Thanks to Auke Kok, Carolus Walraven and Yogesh Kumar Guatam for providing debugging
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406 information and testing.
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412 LibPST v0.2 beta1
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415 Hello once more...
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417 Attachments are now re-created in mime format. The method is very
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418 crude and could be prone to over generalisation. Please test this
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419 version, and if attachments are not recreated correctly, please send
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420 me the email (complete message source) of the original and
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421 converted. Cheers.
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423 I hope this will work for everyone who uses this program, but reality
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424 can be very different!
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426 Let us see how it goes...
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434 Hello!
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436 Some improvements. The internal code has been changed so that
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437 attachments are now processed and loaded into the structures. The
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438 readpst program is not finished yet. It needs to convert these binary
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439 structs into mime data. At present it just saves them to the current
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440 directory, overwriting any previous files with the attachment name.
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443 * KMail output is supported - if the "-k" flag is specified, all the
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444 directory hierarchy is created using the KMail standard
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445 * Lots of bugs and memory leaks fixed
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450 ReadPST v0.2alpha1 implementing LibPST v0.2alpha1
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451 Usage: ./readpst [OPTIONS] {PST FILENAME}
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452 OPTIONS:
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453 -h - Help. This screen
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454 -k - KMail. Output in kmail format
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455 -o - Output Dir. Directory to write files to. CWD is changed *after* opening pst file
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456 -V - Version. Display program version
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457
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458 If you want to view lots of debug output, modify a line in "define.h"
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459 from "//#define DEBUG_ALL" to "#define DEBUG_ALL". It would then be
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460 advisable to pipe all output to a log file:
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461
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462 ./readpst -o out pst_file &> logfile
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463
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464 Dave Smith
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465
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466 LibPST v0.1
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467 ===========
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468
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469 Hi Folks!
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470
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471 This has been a long, hard slog, but I now feel that I have got
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472 somewhere useful. The included program "main" is able to read an
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473 Outlook PST file and dump the emails into mbox files, separating each
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474 folder into a different mbox file. All the mbox files are stored in
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475 the current directory and no attempt is yet made to organise these
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476 files into a directory hierarchy. This would not be too difficult to
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477 achieve though.
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478
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479 Email attachments are not yet handled, neither are Contacts.
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480
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481 There is no pretty interface yet, but you can convert a PST file in
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482 the following manner
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483
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484 ./main {path to PST file}
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485
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486 This is very much a work in progress, but I thought I should release
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487 this code so that people can lose their conception that outlook files
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488 will never be converted to Linux.
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489
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490 I am intending that the code I am writing will be developed into
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491 greater applications to provide USEFUL tools for accessing and
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492 converting PST files into a variety of formats.
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493
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494 One point I feel I should make is that Outlook, by default, creates
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495 "Compressible Encryption" PST files. I have not, as yet, attempted to
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496 write any decryption routines, so you will not be able to convert
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497 these files. However, if you create a new PST file and choose not to
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498 make an encrypted one, you can copy all your emails into this new one
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499 and then convert the unencrypted one.
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500
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501 I hope you enjoy,
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502
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503 Dave Smith
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505 : vim: set tw=72 sw=4 ts=4: