Converting MSG to EML - Handles Exchange Addresses?

Question

Is there a way to get the correct "From" property when loading a .msg file from disk that contains an Active Directory address (I have seen via other means that the .msg's display name is the user's full name, and the email address is what looks like a Active Directory query)?

Accepted Answer

We added new option LoadMsgProperties to enable retrieving of various MSG properties. This code can be used to retrieve all supported MSG properties:

// load MSG into mail message
MailMessage mail = new MailMessage();
mail.Options = Rebex.Mime.MimeOptions.LoadMsgProperties;
mail.Load("mail.msg");

// get required properties
// AdressType is typically from set {EX, SMTP}
// RecipientType is typically from set {To, Cc, Bcc}
string fromName = mail.Headers.GetRaw("X-Outlook-SentRepresentingName");
string fromAdress = mail.Headers.GetRaw("X-Outlook-SentRepresentingEmailAddress");
string fromAdressType = mail.Headers.GetRaw("X-Outlook-SentRepresentingAddressType");

string senderName = mail.Headers.GetRaw("X-Outlook-SenderName");
string senderAdress = mail.Headers.GetRaw("X-Outlook-SenderEmailAddress");
string senderAdressType = mail.Headers.GetRaw("X-Outlook-SenderAddressType");

for (int i = 0; i < int.MaxValue; i++)
{
    string recipientType = mail.Headers.GetRaw(string.Format("X-Outlook-Recipient{0}-Type", i));
    string recipientName = mail.Headers.GetRaw(string.Format("X-Outlook-Recipient{0}-Name", i));
    string recipientSmtpAdress = mail.Headers.GetRaw(string.Format("X-Outlook-Recipient{0}-SmtpAddress", i));
    string recipientAdress = mail.Headers.GetRaw(string.Format("X-Outlook-Recipient{0}-EmailAddress", i));
    string recipientAdressType = mail.Headers.GetRaw(string.Format("X-Outlook-Recipient{0}-AddressType", i));

    if (recipientType == null)
        break;
}

Current trial build with this functionality can be downloaded here

Answer 2

I wrote this to do a mass convert from EML to MSG

public void Start(string DirectoryPath)
    {
        MailMessage message = new MailMessage();
        string fileName = string.Empty;
        Console.WriteLine("Starting Convertion!");
        foreach (string f in Directory.GetFiles(DirectoryPath, "*.eml"))
        {
            fileName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(f);
            Console.WriteLine("Converting: " + f);
            message.Load(f);
            message.Save(DirectoryPath+"\\"+fileName + ".msg", MailFormat.OutlookMsg);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("Files Converted!");
    }

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