msgparser 1.3

msgparser project is a parser for .msg Files in Java.

msgparser is a small open source Java library that parses Outlook .msg files and provides their content using Java objects.

msgparser uses the Apache POI - POIFS library to parse the message files which use the OLE 2 Compound Document format. Thus, it is merely a convenience library that covers the details of the .msg file. The implementation is based on the information provided at fileformat.info.

Examples:

This page shows how to use the msgparser library to access to content of a .msg file.

For parsing the .msg file, a MsgParser object must be created. This parser can process .msg files stored in a file or coming from an InputStream.

MsgParser msgp = new MsgParser();
Message msg = msgp.parseMsg("mail.msg");

The resulting msg object contains all necessary information (e.g., from, to, subject).

String fromEmail = msg.getFromEmail();
String fromName = msg.getFromName();
String subject = msg.getSubject();

Attachments are stored in Attachment objects.

List atts = msg.getAttachments();
for (Attachment att : atts) {
// do something with attachment
}

An attachment is either a file (which is a FileAttachment object) or another attached .msg file (i.e, an .msg file in an .msg file) (which is a MsgAttachment object).