#11 2009-02-24 13:37

den4b
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

Well, I didn't find a full specification, but I found bits an pieces over the net.

The best piece was this one: Outlook MSG file format at FileFormat.Info

After that, the "trial and error" method did the rest! wink

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#12 2009-02-24 15:56

Andrew
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

Thanks, I'll check it out. smile

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#13 2009-09-11 12:52

Ecifircas
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

Very nice that you added this functionality, yet it doesn't work in a few cases:

- For internal mail (within our office) the "Sender" is often shown as a pathname (I guess this is the pathname under wich this user is saved).
  --> Ofcource this can be filtered out with just 1 extra rule.

- For internal mail the date never shows up.
  --> No way to get around this ...

Anyway, thanks for the effort!  big_smile

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#14 2010-06-25 15:57

Ecifircas
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

Hello,

I've been testing the latest version of the program and apparantly now for internal mails it does give the date and names. Great big_smile

For all recieved mails it works perfectly. Only for outgoing mails (mails sent by me) it doesn't seem to find the :datesent:.

I guess the date must be saved in a different location in the file. I dont know if it would be possible to retrieve those dates as well?

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#15 2013-12-02 00:10

mcginley50
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

Ecifircas wrote:

Hello,

I've been testing the latest version of the program and apparantly now for internal mails it does give the date and names. Great big_smile

For all recieved mails it works perfectly. Only for outgoing mails (mails sent by me) it doesn't seem to find the :datesent:.

I guess the date must be saved in a different location in the file. I dont know if it would be possible to retrieve those dates as well?

Did you ever find a solution to the outgoing emails datesent meta tag problem? I am having the same issue myself.

Other than that the program is perfect.

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#16 2013-12-02 23:04

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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

I've got good news guys!

I revisited the issue again today and this time I found the formal specification of Outlook's MSG format on Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN): [MS-OXMSG]: Outlook Item (.msg) File Format. With that I managed to find exactly what's needed for extracting the date from the MSG format natively and have already implemented this feature in ReNamer.

Relevant changes in v5.73.2 Beta:

* Ability to extract date from all Outlook MSG files, including from Sent Items for which it was not possible previously;
* Outlook_DateSent meta tag now uses native Outlook dates instead of the "Date" email header value which is not present in some files;
* Added Outlook_DateHeader meta tag to keep the old behaviour of the Outlook_DateSent tag, extracting the "Date" email header value;
* Added Outlook_Body meta tag to extract email body, it may not be practical for direct use in filename but can be useful in PascalScript;
* Outlook meta tags now work on Unicode filenames;

Now you can extract the date from all your Outlook MSG files.

Try it from here: ReNamer Beta.

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#17 2013-12-02 23:13

mcginley50
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

You are an absolute legend. Thanks again Denis. smile

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#18 2014-09-02 21:33

jjantell
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

The msg and eml meta tags are extremely useful but would it be possible to have a recipient tag as well as a sender tag?

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#19 2014-09-18 10:11

den4b
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

jjantell wrote:

The msg and eml meta tags are extremely useful but would it be possible to have a recipient tag as well as a sender tag?

Your suggestion has been added to the list of future enhancements. Thank you.

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#20 2016-09-13 16:23

den4b
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Re: Using Email DateSent meta tag for Outlook

jjantell wrote:

The msg and eml meta tags are extremely useful but would it be possible to have a recipient tag as well as a sender tag?

More meta tags were added in ReNamer 6.6.0.1 Beta:
* Added Email_* meta tags: MessageID, SenderName, SenderEmail, Recipients, Recipient, RecipientName, RecipientEmail.
* Added Outlook_* meta tags: SenderName, SenderEmail, Recipients, Recipient, RecipientName, RecipientEmail.

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