This technical tip shows how to read messages from Thunderbird Mail Storage. First of all open the Thunderbird’s storage file in File Stream. After that create an instance of MboxrdStorageReader class and pass the above stream to its constructor. Then Call ReadNextMessage() to get the first message and use the same ReadNextMessage() in a while loop to read all the messages. In the end close all the streams
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// Description:This technical tip shows how to read messages from Thunderbird Mail Storage. First of all open the Thunderbird’s storage file in File Stream. After that create an instance of MboxrdStorageReader class and pass the above stream to its constructor. Then Call ReadNextMessage() to get the first message and use the same ReadNextMessage() in a while loop to read all the messages. In the end close all the streams
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[C#]
// Open the storage file with FileStream
FileStream stream = new FileStream(@"Thunderbird\inbox", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
// Create an instance of MboxrdStorageReader class and pass the stream
MboxrdStorageReader reader = new MboxrdStorageReader(stream, false);
// Start reading messages
MailMessage message = reader.ReadNextMessage();
// Read all messages in a loop
while (message != null)
{
// Manipulate message - show contents
Console.WriteLine("Subject: " + message.Subject);
// Save this message in EML or MSG format
message.Save(message.Subject + ".eml", MailMessageSaveType.EmlFormat);
message.Save(message.Subject + ".msg", MailMessageSaveType.OutlookMessageFormatUnicode);
// get next message
message = reader.ReadNextMessage();
}
// Close the streams
reader.Dispose();
stream.Close();
[VB.NET]
' Open the storage file with FileStream
Dim stream As FileStream = New FileStream("Thunderbird\inbox", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
' Create an instance of MboxrdStorageReader class and pass the stream
Dim reader As MboxrdStorageReader = New MboxrdStorageReader(stream, False)
' Start reading messages
Dim message As MailMessage = reader.ReadNextMessage()
' Read all messages in a loop
Do While Not message Is Nothing
' Manipulate message - show contents
Console.WriteLine("Subject: " & message.Subject)
' Save this message in EML or MSG format
message.Save(message.Subject & ".eml", MailMessageSaveType.EmlFormat)
message.Save(message.Subject & ".msg", MailMessageSaveType.OutlookMessageFormatUnicode)
' get next message
message = reader.ReadNextMessage()
Loop
' Close the streams
reader.Dispose()
stream.Close()
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