Convert PST to CSV file

Question

Does anyone know of a good tool that converts .pst files to CSV files via the command line?

Answer 1

I need to do this programmatically!

I have not seen anything useful in MailNavigator or Wikipedia ...

Answer 2

Can you assume that Outlook is installed on the computer? If so, I believe it could be a background script using OLE or something like that. I did the file conversion through Excel using Ruby this way.

And here is a Perl example

Answer 3

The solution I just came across is: libpst

Obviously, it does not convert directly to CSV, but converts to a more manageable format.

Importing to Outlook and then exporting as CSV is still probably the fastest solution, but libpst will certainly be useful if you have a PST file and Outlook.

Answer 4

once? or programmatically?

if only once, import into the mail program that processes mbox (for example, Thunderbird), after which you have only text files, manipulate as desired.

otherwise, I don’t know, good luck.

Answer 5

You can always write a .Net application using CDO, MAPI, OOM or Redemption, which does what you need. I wrote a complete exporter export tool for my company, which you can view at http://www.tzunami.com