Hi Kari, Have you looked at readpst, which is part of libpst [0]? I believe that Archivematica has looked at or integrated readpst as a normalization pathway for PST files.
You may also want to look at java-libpst [1]. [0] http://www.five-ten-sg.com/libpst/ [1] https://github.com/rjohnsondev/java-libpst Mark -- Mark A. Matienzo <[email protected]> Digital Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library Technical Architect, ArchivesSpace On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Kari R Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Mike. > What we are specifically looking for is a converter for .OST or .PST files > that have been given to me completely separated from the ability to deal with > the account live on a server. There are some good commercial solutions > (Emailchemy and Aid4Mail) that do the conversions but in this case are > looking for a bulk transformation solution. > > Will post back to the list progress made on this topic. We are currently > working on it as part 1 of a use case / solution pack at the OPF Digital > Forensics hackathon. [wiki.opf-labs.org] > > Kari Smith > MIT Institute Archives and Special Collections > MIT Libraries > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Friscia, Michael > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST > and OST to MBOX > > OST is just a pointer to the stuff on the exchange server. You can delete > that file and it will rebuild next time you open Outlook, there's not data in > it. Converting that to a PST is just a matter of moving the files from the > server portion of Outlook to a local email file. Given that the operation is > proprietary from Microsoft, I don't see an open source solution. > > That said, I also don't see any way to convert it to MBOX except to open mac > mail, create a folder "on my mac" and move all the contents there. Once done, > don't setup the email as an exchange account, configure as a POP account and > don't store mail on the server. > > Maybe I'm missing the question or the ultimate goal. But the tools you need > to accomplish both tasks exist in either Outlook or Mac Mail. If you are > looking for an archival solution for born digital records, specifically > email, I'm not sure you would want either PST or MBOX since that just spells > an emulation nightmare in a few years. Email is new/simple enough for format > migration. > > Again, my apologies if I am missing the question. > -mike > > _______________________________________ > Michael Friscia > Manager, Digital Library & Programming Services Yale University Library > (203) 432-1856 > ________________________________________ > From: Code for Libraries [[email protected]] on behalf of Kari R Smith > [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2013 2:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CODE4LIB] WANTED: Open source solution converting OST to PST and > OST to MBOX > > Anyone point me to an open-source (preferably) or a tried and true solution > for 1.. extracting just the PST part of an OST file 2. converting OST file > to MBOX format > > Thanks! > > Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist > MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections > 617-258-5568 | smithkr (at) mit.edu > http://libraries.mit.edu/archives/
