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--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/ChangeLog Thu Dec 23 11:17:37 2004 -0800 @@ -0,0 +1,369 @@ +LibPST 0.5.1 (17 November 2004) +=============================== + +Well, alot has happened since the last release of libpst. + +Release / Management: + + * The project has forked! The new maintainer is Joseph Nahmias. + * We have changed hosting sites, thanks to sourceforge for hosting + to this point. From this point forward we will be using + alioth.debian.org. + * The project is now using SubVersioN for source control. You can + get the latest code by running: + svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/libpst/trunk . + * See + <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/libpst-devel/2004-November/000000.html> + for more information. + +Code Changes: + + * Added lspst program to list items in a PST. Still incomplete. + * Added vim folding markers to readpst.c + * avoid the pseudo-prologue that MS prepends to the email headers + * fix build on msvc, since it doesn't have sys/param.h + * Re-vamped Makefile: + * Only define CFLAGS in Makefileif missing + * fixed {un,}install targets in Makefile + * Fixed up build process in Makefile + * Added mozilla conversion script from David Binard + * Fixed bogus creation of readpst.log on every invocation + * escaped dashes and apostrophe in manpages + * Updated TODO + * added manpages from debian pkg + * fix escaped-string length count to consider '\n', + thanks to Paul Bakker <bakker@fox-it.com>. + * ensure there's a blank line between header and body + patch from <johnh@aproposretail.com> (SourceForge #890745). + * Apply accumulated endian-related patches + * Removed unused files, upstream's debian/ dir + +-- Joe Nahmias <joe@nahmias.net> + +LibPST v0.5 +=========== + +It is with GREAT relief that I bring you version 0.5 of the LibPST tools! + +Through great difficulties, this tool has survived and expanded to become even +better. + +The changes are as follows: + * RTF support. We can now decompress RTF bodies in emails, and are saved as attachments + * Better support in reading the indexes. Fixed many bugs with them + * Improved reliability. "Now we are getting somewhere!" + * Improved compiling. Hopefully we won't be hitting too many compile errors now. + * vCard handling. Contacts are now exported as vCard entries. + * vEvent handling. Support has begun on exporting Calendar entries as events + * Support for Journal entries has also begun + +If you have any problems with this release, don't hesitate to contact me. + +These changes come to you, as always, free under the GPL license!! What a wonderful +thing it is. It does mean that you can write your own program off of this library +and distribute it also for free. However, anyone with commercial interests for +developing applications they will be charging for are encouraged to get in touch +with me, as I am sure we can come to some arrangement. + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + +LibPST v0.4.3 +============= + +Bug fix release. No extra functionality + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + +LibPST v0.4.2 +============= + +The debug system has had an overhaul. The debug messages are no longer +printed to the screen when they are enabled. They are dumped to a +binary file. There is another utility called "readlog" that I have +written to handle these log files. It should make it easier to +selectively view bits of a log file. It also shows the position that +the log message was printed from. + +There is a new switch in readpst. It is -d. It enables the user to +specify the log file which the binary log is written to. If the switch +isn't used, the default file of "readpst.log" is used. + +The code is now Visual C++ compatible. It has compiled on Visual C++ +.net Standard edition, and produces the readpst.exe file. Use the project +file included in this distribution. + +There have been minor improvements elsewhere too. + + +LibPST v0.4.1 +============= + +Fixed a couple more bugs. Is it me or do bugs just insert themselves +in random, hard to find places! + +Cured a few problems with regard to emails with multiple embeded +items. They are not fully re-created using Mime-types, but are +accessible with the -S switch (which saves everything as seperate +items) + +Fixed a problem reading the first index. Back sliders are now +detected. (ie when the value following the current one is smaller, not +bigger!) + +Added some error messages when we try and read outside of the PST +file, this was causing a few problems before, cause the return value +wasn't always checked, so it was possible to be reading random data, +and trying to make sense of it! + +Anyway, if you find any problems, don't hesitate to mail me + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + +LibPST v0.4 +=========== + +Fixed a nasty bug that occasionally corrupted attachments. Another bug +with regard to reading of indexes (also occasional). + +Another output method has been added which is called "Seperate". It is +activated with the -S switch. It operates in the following manor: + + |--Inbox-->000000 + | 000001 + | 000002 + |--Sentmail-->0000000 + | 0000001 + | 0000002 + +All the emails are stored in seperate files counting from 0 upwards, +in a folder named as the PST folder. + +When an email has an attachment, it is saved as a seperate file. The +filename for the attachment is made up of 2 parts, the first is the +email number to which it belongs, the second is its filename. + +The should now be runnable on big-endian machines, if the define.h +file is first modified. The #define LITTLE_ENDIAN must be commented +out, and the #define BIG_ENDIAN must be uncommented. + +More verbose error messages have been added. Apparently people got +confused when the program stopped for no visible reason. This has now +been resolved. + +Thanks for the continued support of all people involved. + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + +Libpst v0.3.4 +============= + +Several more fixes. An Infinite loop and incorrect interpreting of +item index attributes. Work has started on making the code executable +on big endian CPUs. At present it should work with Linux on these +CPUs, but I would appreciate it if you could provide feedback with +regard to it's performance. I am also working with some other people +at make it operate on Solaris. + +A whole load more items are now recognized by the Item records. With +more items in Emails and Folders. I haven't got to the Contacts yet. + +Anyway, this is what I would call a minor feature enhancment and +bugfix release. + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + +LibPST v0.3.3 +============= + +Fixed several items. Mainly memory leaks. Loads of them! oops.. + +I have added a new program, mainly of debugging, which when passed +an ID value and a pst file, will extract and decrypt that ID from +the pst file. I don't see it being a huge attraction, or of much use +to most people, but it is another example of writing an application +to use the libpst interface. + +Another fix was in the reading of the item index. This has hopefully +now been corrected. The result of this bug was that not all the emails +in a folder were converted. Hopefully you should have more luck now. + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + +LibPST v0.3.2 +============= + +Quick bugfix release. There was a bug in the decryption of the basic +encryption that outlook uses. One byte, 0x6c, was incorrectly decrypted +to 0x6c instead of 0xcd. This release fixes this bug. Sorry... + + +LibPST v0.3.1 +============= + +Minor improvements. Fixed bug when linking multiple blocks together, +so now the linking blocks are not "encrypted" when trying to read +them. + + +LibPST v0.3 +=========== + +A lot of bug fixing has been done for this release. Testing has been +done on the creation of the files by readpst. Better handling of +large binaries being extracted from the PST file has been implemented. + +Quite a few reports have come in about not being able to compile on +Darwin. This could be down to using macros with variable parameter +lists. This has now been changed to use C functions with variable +parameters. I hope this fixes a lot of problems. + +Added support for recreating the folder structure into normal +directories. For Instance: + +Personal Folders + |-Inbox + | |-Jokes + | |-Meetings + |-Send Items + +each folder containing an mbox file with the correct emails for that +folder. + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + + +LibPST v0.3 beta1 +================= + +Again, a shed load of enhancements. More work has been done on the +mime creation. A bug has been fixed that was letting part of the +attachments that were created disappear. + +A major enhancement is that "compressible encryption" support has been +added. This was an incredibly simple method to use. It is basically a +ceasar cipher. It has been noted by several users already that the PST +password that Outlook uses, serves *no purpose*. It is not used to +encrypt the PST, it is mearly stored there. This means that the +readpst application is able to convert PST files without knowing the +password. Microsoft have some explaning to do! + +Output files are now not overwritten if they already exist. This means +that if you have two folders in your PST file named "fred", the first +one encountered will be named "fred" and the second one will be named +"fred00000001". As you can see, there is enough room there for many +duplicate names! + +Output filenames are now restricted. Any "/" or "\" characters in the +name are replaced with "_". If you find that there are any other +characters that need to be changed, could you please make me aware! + +Thanks to Berry Wizard for help with supporting the encryption. + +Thanks to Auke Kok, Carolus Walraven and Yogesh Kumar Guatam for providing debugging +information and testing. + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + + +LibPST v0.2 beta1 +================= + +Hello once more... + +Attachments are now re-created in mime format. The method is very +crude and could be prone to over generalisation. Please test this +version, and if attachments are not recreated correctly, please send +me the email (complete message source) of the original and +converted. Cheers. + +I hope this will work for everyone who uses this program, but reality +can be very different! + +Let us see how it goes... + +Dave Smith +<dave.s@earthcorp.com> + +LibPST v0.2 alpha1 +=========== + +Hello! + +Some improvements. The internal code has been changed so that +attachments are now processed and loaded into the structures. The +readpst program is not finished yet. It needs to convert these binary +structs into mime data. At present it just saves them to the current +directory, overwriting any previous files with the attachment name. + +Improvements over previous version: +* KMail output is supported - if the "-k" flag is specified, all the + directory hierarchy is created using the KMail standard +* Lots of bugs and memory leaks fixed + + +Usage: + +ReadPST v0.2alpha1 implementing LibPST v0.2alpha1 +Usage: ./readpst [OPTIONS] {PST FILENAME} +OPTIONS: + -h - Help. This screen + -k - KMail. Output in kmail format + -o - Output Dir. Directory to write files to. CWD is changed *after* opening pst file + -V - Version. Display program version + +If you want to view lots of debug output, modify a line in "define.h" +from "//#define DEBUG_ALL" to "#define DEBUG_ALL". It would then be +advisable to pipe all output to a log file: + +./readpst -o out pst_file &> logfile + +Dave Smith + +LibPST v0.1 +=========== + +Hi Folks! + +This has been a long, hard slog, but I now feel that I have got +somewhere useful. The included program "main" is able to read an +Outlook PST file and dump the emails into mbox files, separating each +folder into a different mbox file. All the mbox files are stored in +the current directory and no attempt is yet made to organise these +files into a directory hierarchy. This would not be too difficult to +achieve though. + +Email attachments are not yet handled, neither are Contacts. + +There is no pretty interface yet, but you can convert a PST file in +the following manner + +./main {path to PST file} + +This is very much a work in progress, but I thought I should release +this code so that people can lose their conception that outlook files +will never be converted to Linux. + +I am intending that the code I am writing will be developed into +greater applications to provide USEFUL tools for accessing and +converting PST files into a variety of formats. + +One point I feel I should make is that Outlook, by default, creates +"Compressible Encryption" PST files. I have not, as yet, attempted to +write any decryption routines, so you will not be able to convert +these files. However, if you create a new PST file and choose not to +make an encrypted one, you can copy all your emails into this new one +and then convert the unencrypted one. + +I hope you enjoy, + +Dave Smith + +: vim: set tw=72 sw=4 ts=4: