how to get message entry id?

[icv64621]

hi
each message has a entryid but it isn't available in message properties. how can get it?

[William.Zhang]

Hello,

Thanks for your inquiry!
You can download our latest Spire.Email Pack(hot fix) Version:5.2.0 and refer to the below code to get the EntryID.

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OutlookFile olf = new OutlookFile(@"input.pst");
OutlookFolderCollection outlookFolderCollection = olf.RootOutlookFolder.GetSubFolders();
byte[] entryIds = null;
foreach (OutlookFolder folder in outlookFolderCollection)
{
    entryIds = folder.EntryId;
}
for(int i = 0; i<entryIds.Length; i++)
{
    Console.WriteLine(entryIds[i]);
}
Console.ReadLine();


If there is any other questions, please feel free to write back.

Sincerely,
William
E-iceblue support team

[icv64621]

hello William.
thank you for response. i was searching for messages entryId. is there any way for that?

[William.Zhang]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply!
At present our Spire.Email doesn't support directly get the messages entryId. Sorry we don't know much about the property of messages entryId. could you please provide us with more details? Such as the sample entryId value you want to get, some screenshots, or any help tutorials? And then we will consider adding a new feature to achieve it.

Sincerely,
William
E-iceblue support team

[icv64621]

hello dear william. entry ID is a property which is fastest way to load a previously targeted outlook item from disk (i think this is because of file structure). the other ways are much much slower (ways like writing query using internetID, subject and etc).
each folder has a method called EnumerateMessagesEntryId() which doesn't work well and ignores some items.
in case of existence if entry id, the item could be loaded directly from OutlookFile.GetMessage( string messageID)

[William.Zhang]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply and more information!
We have added it as a new feature into our upgrade list. Our Dev team is working on it now. And we will inform you as soon as it is achieved.

Sincerely,
William
E-iceblue support team

[Sylvaran]

Hello. Has this been implemented? I see OutlookFolder objects have a RemoveItem method that takes a byte[] entry id as an argument, but I don't know how to get that for the message in question. The only ID I see in properties for OutlookItem is an internet message ID string, and while I haven't tried it I assume that would not work even if I convert to byte array.

[Abel.He]

Hello. Has this been implemented? I see OutlookFolder objects have a RemoveItem method that takes a byte[] entry id as an argument, but I don't know how to get that for the message in question. The only ID I see in properties for OutlookItem is an internet message ID string, and while I haven't tried it I assume that would not work even if I convert to byte array.

Hello,

Thanks for your inquiry.
Sorry that the new feature with the number SPIREEMAIL-31 of getting email entry id is not solved currently. Once it is achieved, I’ll inform you in time.

Sincerely
Abel
E-iceblue support team

[Sylvaran]

Ah well. Just out of curiosity then, is there any way to use the RemoveItem method then? Maybe some other method I am not aware of?

[Abel.He]

Ah well. Just out of curiosity then, is there any way to use the RemoveItem method then? Maybe some other method I am not aware of?

Hello,

Thanks for your feedback.
Sorry that cannot directly call RemoveItem to delete the email currently. Howeve, you can add the undeleted outlookitem to new folder, then deleteing the older folder to achieve your requirement. I put the relevant code below for your reference.

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  string pstfile = @"../../data/from_Amy.pst";   
            OutlookFile outlookFile = new OutlookFile(pstfile);   
            OutlookFolderCollection ofc = outlookFile.RootOutlookFolder.GetSubFolders();     
            OutlookFolder folder = ofc[1].GetSubFolder("From_Amy");           
            IEnumerable<OutlookItem> items = folder.EnumerateOutlookItem();

            OutlookFolder NewFolder = outlookFile.RootOutlookFolder.AddFolder("NewFolder");
            foreach (var item in items)
            {
                //Add the undeleted OutlookItem that  to new folder
                NewFolder.AddItem(item);
            }

            //Romve the old OutlookFolder
            ofc.Remove(folder);

Sincerely
Abel
E-iceblue support team

[Sylvaran]

Thanks. I tried that, but it is not removing the original folder. From what you sent, it looks like it would just be removing the folder from the OutlookFolderCollection object that was created, but not actually making a change to the PST itself. Do I have to write it back somehow for it to take effect permanently?

[Abel.He]

Hello,

Thanks for your feedback.
After further investigation, I did the issue you mentioned, accroding to the feedback from our development team, Spire.Emial don’t support folder currently. And I have logged it as a new function into our product updating system with the ticket number SPIREEMAIL-71. Our development team will achieve it. Once it is achieved, I will inform you in time. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.


Sincerely
Abel
E-iceblue support team

[Sylvaran]

No worries, I appreciate the responsive support

[Sylvaran]

Hello,

Thanks for your feedback.
After further investigation, I did the issue you mentioned, accroding to the feedback from our development team, Spire.Emial don’t support folder currently. And I have logged it as a new function into our product updating system with the ticket number SPIREEMAIL-71. Our development team will achieve it. Once it is achieved, I will inform you in time. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.


Sincerely
Abel
E-iceblue support team

Hi. I just wanted to check in, as it's been about half a year. Any movement on this issue? Thanks!

[Abel.He]

Hello,

Thanks for your inquiry.
Due to the complexity of the issue with the number SPIREEMAIL-71, sorry for our Dev doesn’t solve it currently. However, I have urged our Dev to speed up fixing your issue. Once there are any updates, I’ll inform you in time.

Sincerely
Abel
E-iceblue support team