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Posted to user@poi.apache.org by Ezequiel Foncubierta <ef...@zaizi.com> on 2011/06/27 19:38:29 UTC
HMEF vs HSMF
Hi,
I'm trying to parse a RTF mail message that contains the following header:
Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat"
Should I use HMEFMessage instead of MAPIMessage? By using MAPIMessage I can get all the message properties (subject, an so on) but can't get one of the attachments (an image in the signature) because the attachData attribute is null. I attached the .msg file I'm talking about.
On the other, if I have to use HMEFMessage to extract the attachments, How do I get the winmail.dat file from a .msg? Is it possible?
Thanks. Regards,
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Re: HMEF vs HSMF
Posted by Ezequiel Foncubierta <ef...@zaizi.com>.
Done.
https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51446
Thanks again Nick.
On 28 Jun 2011, at 11:36, Nick Burch wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Ezequiel Foncubierta wrote:
>> Anyway, how can I send you the .msg file? Can I send you it to your email account?
>
> What'd be great is if you could open a new bug in bugzilla, and upload the file there. We can then use it for a unit test, as we don't have anything yet that links HMEF and HSMF
>
> Nick
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Re: HMEF vs HSMF
Posted by Nick Burch <ni...@alfresco.com>.
On Tue, 28 Jun 2011, Ezequiel Foncubierta wrote:
> Anyway, how can I send you the .msg file? Can I send you it to your
> email account?
What'd be great is if you could open a new bug in bugzilla, and upload the
file there. We can then use it for a unit test, as we don't have anything
yet that links HMEF and HSMF
Nick
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Re: HMEF vs HSMF
Posted by Ezequiel Foncubierta <ef...@zaizi.com>.
Hi Nick,
You can create a similar message as following (Microsoft Outlook 2007):
- Go to Tools -> Options -> Mail Format -> Signatures
- Create a new signature (e.g. Demo)
- Add a picture to your new signature (e.g. My Documents/My Pictures/Sample Pictures/Blue hills.jpg)
- Send an email using that signature
- Use the received message to do the test
- Should be able to extract the image data
Anyway, how can I send you the .msg file? Can I send you it to your email account?
Thanks a lot Nick. Kind Regards,
On 27 Jun 2011, at 23:49, Nick Burch wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jun 2011, Ezequiel Foncubierta wrote:
>> I'm trying to parse a RTF mail message that contains the following header:
>>
>> Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat"
>
> What kind of file is it? (Alas the mailing list eats most attachments)
>
>> Should I use HMEFMessage instead of MAPIMessage?
>
> HMEFMessage should be used when you have a winmail.dat file. MAPIMessage should be used when you have an outlook .msg file.
>
>> By using MAPIMessage I can get all the message properties (subject, an so on) but can't get one of the attachments (an image in the signature) because the attachData attribute is null.
>
> Normally when AttachData is null, that means you instead have a directory attachment, and in almost all cases you can get a nested MAPIMessage for the attachment.
>
>> On the other, if I have to use HMEFMessage to extract the attachments, How do I get the winmail.dat file from a .msg? Is it possible?
>
> I don't know how a winmail.dat file gets stored in an outlook .msg file, but if you have a sample file you can share that'd be great! That said, winmail.dat is normally used as a transport to wrap up all the outlook properties on the wire, and I thought it was normally decoded back by outlook on receipt?
>
> Nick
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Re: HMEF vs HSMF
Posted by Nick Burch <ni...@alfresco.com>.
On Mon, 27 Jun 2011, Ezequiel Foncubierta wrote:
> I'm trying to parse a RTF mail message that contains the following
> header:
>
> Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat"
What kind of file is it? (Alas the mailing list eats most attachments)
> Should I use HMEFMessage instead of MAPIMessage?
HMEFMessage should be used when you have a winmail.dat file. MAPIMessage
should be used when you have an outlook .msg file.
> By using MAPIMessage I can get all the message properties (subject, an
> so on) but can't get one of the attachments (an image in the signature)
> because the attachData attribute is null.
Normally when AttachData is null, that means you instead have a directory
attachment, and in almost all cases you can get a nested MAPIMessage for
the attachment.
> On the other, if I have to use HMEFMessage to extract the attachments,
> How do I get the winmail.dat file from a .msg? Is it possible?
I don't know how a winmail.dat file gets stored in an outlook .msg file,
but if you have a sample file you can share that'd be great! That
said, winmail.dat is normally used as a transport to wrap up all the
outlook properties on the wire, and I thought it was normally decoded back
by outlook on receipt?
Nick
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