I am encountering a problem extracting meta data from a PST file. As you can see in the code I am using pypff to read the PST file. I need to extract the following data from the emails: sender, recipient, subject, time and date and of course the email content. But apparently I'm too stupid for that, because I just can't find the recipient. I'm asking you professionals for help, maybe you know a better way to do this. I have already thought about "unpacking" all .msg from the PST into a folder and then itterrating over it. But I wouldn't know how to do that either. Thanks in advance for your answers and help. # Retrieving E-Mails from a PST file #File opening #Fist we load the libraries import pypff import pandas as pd import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import seaborn as sns #Then we open the file: the opening can neverthless be quite long #depending on the size of the archive. pst = pypff.file() pst.open("PathTo.pst") # Metadata extraction #It is possible to navigate through the structure using the functions #offered by the library, from the root: root = pst.get_root_folder() #To extract the data, a recursive function is necessary: def parse_folder(base): messages = [] for folder in base.sub_folders: if folder.number_of_sub_folders: messages += parse_folder(folder) print(folder.name) for message in folder.sub_messages: print(message.transport_headers) messages.append({ "subject": message.subject, "sender": message.sender_name, "datetime": message.client_submit_time, }) return messages messages = parse_folder(root) Continue reading...
