jotlmsg: read & write Outlook msg files

[Cédric Tabin <ta...@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I recently had to create MS Outook msg files in Java. I've seen that Apache
POI could manipulate MS Compound Binary Files (POIFS) and parse msg files
(MAPIMessage), however the latter is readonly.
Instead of using some proprietary API, I just wrote a simple open source
library called jotlmsg <https://github.com/ctabin/jotlmsg> on top of POI
that can read/write [simple] msg files and also generate javax.mail
MimeMessage.
The API is currently somewhat simple, but works well. So, I'm looking
forward to have some feedbacks about it and if it would be useful to
improve the MAPIMessage API to make it writeable :-)

Thanks & best regards,
Cédric

Re: jotlmsg: read & write Outlook msg files

[Andreas Beeker <ki...@apache.org>]

Hello C�dric,

> Anyway, a link in your promoted section would already be great !
done.

> I was more looking to improve directly MAPIMessage and related API
great! have a look at http://poi.apache.org/guidelines.html

> I don't know how to
> proceed in order to make an equivalent of a pull request on GitHub ?
well ... make a pull request then ... see " Approach 3 - the git way" in the guidelines.

> No, I don't have in mind to integrate jotlmsg "as is" in POI, because it is
> really only a wrapper around MAPIMessage.
you are right ... when you have something running, it usually takes a bit more time
to make it look like POI :S
Feel free to make pull requests and hopefully someone of us will (/ has time to) integrate it ...
as I've already played around with MAPI, I guess it might be me ;)

Best wishes,
Andi


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Re: jotlmsg: read & write Outlook msg files

[Cédric Tabin <ta...@gmail.com>]

Hello Andreas,

Thanks for your reply.

No, I don't have in mind to integrate jotlmsg "as is" in POI, because it is
really only a wrapper around MAPIMessage.
I was more looking to improve directly MAPIMessage and related API (such as
org.apache.poi.hsmf.datatypes.PropertiesChunk) with what I've done in
jotlmsg (actually, the only real part missing is the writing of chunk
properties, which needs a little bit refactoring). I don't know how to
proceed in order to make an equivalent of a pull request on GitHub ?

Anyway, a link in your promoted section would already be great !

Have a nice week-end,
Cédric

On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 12:41 AM, Andreas Beeker <ki...@apache.org>
wrote:

> Hello Cédric,
>
> I've just had a quick browse/review through the source and the code looks
> fine to me.
>
> Not sure, if you had it in mind, but if we would integrate it in POI, we
> would have another
> two dependencies (commons-io and javax-mail), you'd need to change the
> license and
> there's a policy on how to import external project (... which I haven't
> just found the link to ...).
>
> Or do you like to have it promoted on our "related projects" page [1]?
>
> Best wishes,
> Andi
>
>
> [1] http://poi.apache.org/related-projects.html
>
>
> On 06.01.2017 22:18, Cédric Tabin wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I recently had to create MS Outook msg files in Java. I've seen that
> Apache
> > POI could manipulate MS Compound Binary Files (POIFS) and parse msg files
> > (MAPIMessage), however the latter is readonly.
> > Instead of using some proprietary API, I just wrote a simple open source
> > library called jotlmsg <https://github.com/ctabin/jotlmsg> on top of POI
> > that can read/write [simple] msg files and also generate javax.mail
> > MimeMessage.
> > The API is currently somewhat simple, but works well. So, I'm looking
> > forward to have some feedbacks about it and if it would be useful to
> > improve the MAPIMessage API to make it writeable :-)
> >
> > Thanks & best regards,
> > Cédric
> >
>
>

Re: jotlmsg: read & write Outlook msg files

[Andreas Beeker <ki...@apache.org>]

Hello C�dric,

I've just had a quick browse/review through the source and the code looks fine to me.

Not sure, if you had it in mind, but if we would integrate it in POI, we would have another
two dependencies (commons-io and javax-mail), you'd need to change the license and
there's a policy on how to import external project (... which I haven't just found the link to ...).

Or do you like to have it promoted on our "related projects" page [1]?

Best wishes,
Andi


[1] http://poi.apache.org/related-projects.html


On 06.01.2017 22:18, C�dric Tabin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently had to create MS Outook msg files in Java. I've seen that Apache
> POI could manipulate MS Compound Binary Files (POIFS) and parse msg files
> (MAPIMessage), however the latter is readonly.
> Instead of using some proprietary API, I just wrote a simple open source
> library called jotlmsg <https://github.com/ctabin/jotlmsg> on top of POI
> that can read/write [simple] msg files and also generate javax.mail
> MimeMessage.
> The API is currently somewhat simple, but works well. So, I'm looking
> forward to have some feedbacks about it and if it would be useful to
> improve the MAPIMessage API to make it writeable :-)
>
> Thanks & best regards,
> C�dric
>


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