Search pst files

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Re: Search pst files by jmcnamara (Monsignor) on Jan 19, 2012 at 10:32 UTC
Outlook's pst files are in a proprietary binary format and you can't just search it like a text file. If you are on Windows and have Outlook installed you can use Mail::Outlook. Alternatively you can convert the pst file to a text format using a tool such as libpst. See Searching and extracting data from PST files for an example. -- John.	[reply]
Re^2: Search pst files by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2012 at 11:39 UTC
Probably also Mail::Box::Dbx, OLE::Storage, OLE::Storage_Lite http://www.genusa.com/utils/pmseu.htm#Personal Message Store (PST) Export Utility 1.0	[reply]
Re: Search pst files by roboticus (Chancellor) on Jan 19, 2012 at 11:24 UTC
The advice by jmcnamara is what I'd do today. (libpst looks pretty good!) But if you can't manage that, you might write a simple VB script to export all the EMail in your .pst file to one or more text files, and then you can use perl to dig through all the data. I had a similar need once, and did it that way. With a little googling, you'll find quite a few VB scripts to export data from .pst files. (I didn't want to learn the Outlook data model, so I just used a script I found on the web to create my text file(s).) ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]
Re: Search pst files by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2012 at 07:14 UTC
What is .pst? If its the microsoft thing, see Use perl to create outlook .msg file	[reply]
Re^2: Search pst files by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2012 at 07:47 UTC
.pst/.ost are outlook files i need to find matching patterns frm them	[reply]
Re^3: Search pst files by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2012 at 08:45 UTC
Great, then get to it :)	[reply]
Re^4: Search pst files by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2012 at 08:59 UTC
Re^5: Search pst files by Anonymous Monk on Jan 19, 2012 at 10:00 UTC
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Re: Search pst files by perlrum (Initiate) on Jan 19, 2012 at 14:01 UTC
You could try something like FileLocator Pro, which supports searching PST files using regular expressions and doesn't require Outlook to be installed on your computer. You can run it programmatically from the command line or through scripts using the COM library. http://www.filelocatorpro.com	[reply]
Re^2: Search pst files by lmna_360 (Initiate) on Sep 14, 2012 at 20:42 UTC
I am using PSTViewer Pro from Encryptomatic LLC. It can open different type of email files such as .pst, .ost, .eml and .msg. It can also search email fields including Message Text, From, To, CC, Subject, Date Range, Header. You can download the product for free at the link below. www.encryptomatic.com/pstviewer	[reply]
Re: Search pst files by Anonymous Monk on May 17, 2013 at 21:16 UTC
You need Doc Discovery www.docdiscovery.net. It does just that.	[reply]