developing with Outlook

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I tried several examples which is given by Code Project members for developing with Outlook but still couldn't get idea I am working with VSTO 2008 and familiar with only development concepts so please tell me some links or ebook learn from "A" in Outlook development.I think it is better If I can start from "A" in outlook developing. MSDN examples confusing me :confused::confused::confused:

want to say that i want to develop a email filter for outlook that s why i need to read .pst file

Posted 3-May-10 16:40pm

Kasunmit

Updated 3-May-10 17:20pm

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Michel Godfroid · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-03T22:52:00

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Sorry, but developing for Outlook is a complex subject, which requires you to have at least a firm grasp of what the application does. You may find this link usefull[^], though a bit dated.

And the .pst file format is undocumented (it will be documented for outlook 2010), but reading the .pst file is not the way to go for this project. In most environments, the mail will even not be stored in a pst file.

Posted 3-May-10 22:52pm

Michel Godfroid

Updated 3-May-10 22:55pm

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Kasunmit 4-May-10 5:47am

Hello Michel , if it is not the way can please tell me the way for do my project ... If u need i can give another information about my project Thank You .

Michel Godfroid 4-May-10 6:01am

It would be better if you gave us some idea of your exact requirements: Is this for a corporate environment, where everyone is connected to an exchange server? What is the purpose of your mail filter? What is the target audience? How do outlook clients clients connect to the mail server? Do you want to check multiple email accounts?
If this a hobby project, for your personal use, you'll probably be disappointed by the amount of work it's going to take. If you want to learn how to develop for outlook, by all means, read up on it and test developing add-ins and the automation model. Your best way forward might be downloading one of the projects you've encountered, and try to build it step-by-step, trying to understand what is happening at every step. (and get a separate mail-account for your testing, you wouldn't believe how fast you can lose your mailbox doing this).
But stay away from the pst file, it's evil! (You can't open it anyway when outlook is running)