Get inbox messages

The following example shows you how to get messages from the Inbox folder.

C# example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Pst;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            PstFile file = new PstFile("c:\\testfolder\\Outlook.pst");

            using (file)
            {
                Folder inbox = file.MailboxRoot.GetFolder("Inbox");

                if (inbox != null)
                {
                    IList<Item> items = inbox.GetItems();

                    for (int m = 0; m < items.Count; m++)
                    {
                        if (items[m] is Message)
                        {
                            Message message = (Message)items[m];

                            Console.WriteLine("Id: " + message.Id);
                            Console.WriteLine("Subject: " + message.Subject);
                            Console.WriteLine("DisplayTo: " + message.DisplayTo);
                            Console.WriteLine("DisplayCc: " + message.DisplayCc);
                            Console.WriteLine("SenderName: " + message.SenderName);
                            Console.WriteLine("SenderEmailAddress: " + message.SenderEmailAddress);
                            Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------------");
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to exit.");
            Console.Read();
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports Independentsoft.Pst

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Dim file As New PstFile("c:\testfolder\Outlook.pst")

            Using file

                Dim inbox As Folder = file.MailboxRoot.GetFolder("Inbox")

                If inbox IsNot Nothing Then
                    Dim items As IList(Of Item) = inbox.GetItems()

                    For m As Integer = 0 To items.Count - 1
                        If TypeOf items(m) Is Message Then
                            Dim message As Message = DirectCast(items(m), Message)

                            Console.WriteLine("Id: " & message.Id)
                            Console.WriteLine("Subject: " & message.Subject)
                            Console.WriteLine("DisplayTo: " & message.DisplayTo)
                            Console.WriteLine("DisplayCc: " & message.DisplayCc)
                            Console.WriteLine("SenderName: " & message.SenderName)
                            Console.WriteLine("SenderEmailAddress: " & message.SenderEmailAddress)
                            Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------------------------------------")
                        End If
                    Next
                End If
            End Using

            Console.WriteLine("Press ENTER to exit.")
            Console.Read()

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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