Read contents of outlook

[Qwert]

Hello,

I would like to read the contents ( mail ) of my outlook program. I assume
these messages are kept in the files "Inbox.dbx" and
"microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb.dbx".

Is there anyway to do this in VB.NET. Something like:

MyMessageCollection = OpenDBX( "c:\Inbox.dbx")
For Each Item in MyMessageCollection
Item.Sender
Item.Contests.
...
Next

Thanks.

[Crouchie1998]

100% DBX are for Outlook Express. MBX are for Outlook I think.

Are you wanting Outlook or Outlook Express?

[Qwert]

Both please.

On internet:
"...it looks like the Outlook Express format is custom - meaning there is no
..NET provider for reading the file. ...you could write your own dataprovider
to read the file..."

Is it possible to find the data formats somewhere, of dbx and mbx?

100% DBX are for Outlook Express. MBX are for Outlook I think.

Are you wanting Outlook or Outlook Express?

[Crouchie1998]

I would like to know how to decrypt the DBX files too because I have written
an e-mail backup program for Outlook Express.

For Outlook, download the PIA's from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Here is an article that should help you, but its not 100% what you need. You
can play around with the code to suit your needs:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;313795

Here's another that 'could' come in some use:

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;313800

If you find out how to do anything in Outlook Express then Post it here.