> > The values above already *are* a hexadecimal value - you > > can't safely change any part of it. > > I do not want to change it. I hoped that the extracted part might be > enough to identify a message within one message store.
That's what I meant - I should have said "you can't make any assumptions about any part of it" - indeed, you can't even *compare* 2 values to see if they are the same - you must ask MAPI to compare them. You'll have to check the MS docs for exactly what they do and do not promise... Cheers, Mark _______________________________________________ Python-win32 mailing list Python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32