private static List <int> GetFoldersToProcess(MailBee.Outlook.PstFolderCollection
folderObjects)
{
/* Loops through folder names in the PST file and determines which folders to process.
*
* Args:
* - folderObjects: The MailBee PST folder objects.
*
* Returns:
* list: Each item is an identifier for each folder to process.
*/
Console.WriteLine("Collecting folders to process.");
List <int> foldersToProcess = new List <int>();
foreach (MailBee.Outlook.PstFolder folder in folderObjects)
{
string folderName = NormalizeFolderName(folder.Name);
// skip folders starting with "delete" (case insensitive).
bool skipFolder = folder.SafeShortName.ToLower().StartsWith("delete");
if (skipFolder == true)
{
Console.WriteLine("Skipping message folder: " + folderName);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Adding message folder: " + folderName);
foldersToProcess.Add(folder.PstID);
}
}
return(foldersToProcess);
}
static void Main(string[] args)
{
/* Parses positional command line arguments and converts a PST file to MIME.
*
* Args:
* - accountName: An identifier for the email account.
* - pstFile: The PST file to convert.
* - outputPath: The directory in which to place the MIME data.
*
* Example:
* `[mono] pst_to_mime.exe sample ../../tests/sample_files/sample.pst ../../tests/sample_files`
*/
// !!! DO NOT DISTRIBUTE SOURCE CODE WITH THIS VALUE FILLED OUT. !!!
string licenseKey = "License_Key_Goes_Here";
// set MailBee license key; exit if the key is invalid/expired.
try {
MailBee.Global.LicenseKey = licenseKey;
}
catch (Exception error) {
Console.WriteLine("WARNING: Can't use MailBee license key ending in: " + (
licenseKey.Substring(licenseKey.Length - 4)));
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: " + error.Message);
System.Environment.Exit(1);
}
// get command line arguments.
if (args.Length < 3)
{
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: Missing required argument(s)");
System.Environment.Exit(1);
}
string accountName = args[0];
string pstFile = args[1];
string outputPath = args[2];
// set EML output folder.
string mimePath = outputPath + "/" + accountName;
Console.WriteLine("DEBUG: Setting MIME folder: " + mimePath);
// create a MailBee PST object and folder collection; extract PST to EML.
Console.WriteLine("Extracting MIME data from PST file: " + pstFile);
try {
MailBee.Outlook.PstReader pstObject = new MailBee.Outlook.PstReader(pstFile);
MailBee.Outlook.PstFolderCollection folderObjects =
pstObject.GetPstRootFolders(true);
List <int> foldersToProcess = GetFoldersToProcess(folderObjects);
ProcessFolders(mimePath, foldersToProcess, folderObjects);
System.Environment.Exit(0);
}
catch (Exception error) {
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: " + error.Message);
System.Environment.Exit(1);
}
}
private static void ProcessFolders(string mimePath, List <int> foldersToProcess,
MailBee.Outlook.PstFolderCollection folderObjects)
{
/* Loops through the PST @folderObjects and extracts messages if the PST folder is in
* @foldersToProcess.
*
* Args:
* - mimePath: The folder in which to extract the PST.
* - foldersToProcess: A list of identifiers of folders to process.
* - folderObjects: The MailBee PST folder objects.
*
* Returns:
* null
*/
Console.WriteLine("Processing folders.");
// loop through each PST folder.
int totalFromPST = 0;
foreach (MailBee.Outlook.PstFolder folder in folderObjects)
{
// skip folders not in @foldersToProcess.
if (foldersToProcess.Contains(folder.PstID) == false)
{
continue;
}
// normalize the folder name; create the output path.
string folderName = NormalizeFolderName(folder.Name);
string folderPath = mimePath + "/" + folderName;
Console.WriteLine("Processing folder: " + folderPath);
Directory.CreateDirectory(folderPath);
// extract messages from the @folder and write them to @folderPath.
try {
totalFromPST += ProcessMessages(folderPath, folder);
}
catch (Exception error) {
Console.WriteLine("ERROR: " + error.Message);
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Total messages extracted from PST: " + totalFromPST);
return;
}
