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IPM vs IPF

Anonymous
2022-11-03T22:55:56+00:00

Hello,

I'm using a 3rd party SDK to read ost/olm files, no problem using it, just have a question about the general structure of such ole2 storages?

My 1st question: Found that there are IPF folders in addition to IPM inside PST file:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/exchange_server_protocols/ms-oxosfld/68a85898-84fe-43c4-b166-4711c13cdd61 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/office/developer/exchange-server-2010/bb891841(v=exchg.140)

Should I behave IPF items exactly like IPM counterparts?

ie, save using the same method for both IPM.CONTACT and IPF.CONTACT as contact file?

or IPM.NOTE and IPF.NOTE as message? the same?

My 2nd question would be that according to MS, IPM.Document is for DocumentItem, which can be ANY kind of file, even executable etc

Didn't find its IPF counterpart, but found IPF.DocumentLibrary / IPF.ShortcutFolder which I don't know what's that for? The same as IPM.Document?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-11-04T06:56:07+00:00

    Dear S-Soft,

    Good day!

    Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community. We are glad to assist.

    Based on your description, I understand that you have some queries about IPM and IPF Exchange server container classes. 

    Firstly, I would like to invite community members and MVPs in the forum to share their knowledge or any workaround and insight on this topic.

    We sincerely recommend you raise this query in office-outlook-itpro - Microsoft Q&A. Experts there would conduct in-depth research on the problem you encountered and provide you with more professional assistance. Apologies that we couldn't provide a good suggestion or answer these queries for you.

    I ask you to post in above mentioned category is that we have limited resources and knowledge about Exchange server Protocol documents and Container classes, and in the above-mentioned forum, you will get the most qualified pool of respondents, and other partners who read the forums regularly can either share their knowledge or learn from your interaction.

    Thank you for your kind understanding.

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    Ashraf | Microsoft Community Moderator

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