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Parsing information from a forwarded e-mail

Omar Zeid

12/7/2006 3:28:00 PM

Is there an easy way to parse out the information in a forwarded e-mail
from Outlook on a MAPI server ABOUT the original message? e.g. The date,
time, and e-mail address of the original sender, not the person who
forwarded it? Also, how does one get the sender's e-mail address out of
a regular email?

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2 Answers

Paul Lutus

12/7/2006 6:43:00 PM

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Omar Zeid wrote:

> Is there an easy way to parse out the information in a forwarded e-mail
> from Outlook on a MAPI server ABOUT the original message? e.g. The date,
> time, and e-mail address of the original sender, not the person who
> forwarded it? Also, how does one get the sender's e-mail address out of
> a regular email?

Not everyone uses Outlook, and there typically are differences between
applications and environments in how e-mail information is formatted, so
please post a sample of the sort of data you need to parse. Someone will
then offer a solution based on that specific format.

As to the second question, the e-mail's header should contain information
about the sender, although it is important to remember that this header
information can easily be faked.

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Omar Zeid

12/8/2006 3:07:00 PM

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Paul Lutus wrote:
> Omar Zeid wrote:
>
>> Is there an easy way to parse out the information in a forwarded e-mail
>> from Outlook on a MAPI server ABOUT the original message? e.g. The date,
>> time, and e-mail address of the original sender, not the person who
>> forwarded it? Also, how does one get the sender's e-mail address out of
>> a regular email?
>
> Not everyone uses Outlook, and there typically are differences between
> applications and environments in how e-mail information is formatted, so
> please post a sample of the sort of data you need to parse. Someone will
> then offer a solution based on that specific format.
>
> As to the second question, the e-mail's header should contain
> information
> about the sender, although it is important to remember that this header
> information can easily be faked.

I'm kind of new to programming in general, so you may have to dumb down
your response a bit. What do you mean by application, environment, and
where would I find out what this information is in my example to even be
able to pull a sample of data to post? Also, what exactly do you mean by
header?

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