Re: [Evolution] Query on MAPI packet structure.

[Robin Laing <Robin Laing drdc-rddc gc ca>]

Sajish P wrote:
> Hi ,
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> Currently I am working on decoding MAPI protocol (Messaging API) and I 
> am new to this. What I am look out for is some sort of reference which 
> will help me identify the fields inside a MAPI packet( Preferably the 
> data packet which transmits the data once an e-mail is sent). From the 
> packet trace for the same I can see the subject, mail data , to , cc and 
> bcc fields even though some sort of encoding is used. But from the trace 
> I could not identify how the start and end of these fields are coded. I 
> am using Observer 11.1 packet analyzer tool. Although for some MAPI 
> packets it (observer) is able to identify the MAPI object within the 
> payload, but for many packets (including the mail data packet), it 
> cannot and it is simply classifying the payload as “Frame Padding”.
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> So my query is ;
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> - “ Is there any bits/bytes in the MAPI packet that could 
> provide/identify the start of different fields?”
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> - “ Is there any general packet format/structure that MAPI is using to 
> send mail-data?”
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> Any useful information will be of great help.
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> Thanks and regards,
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> Sajish P.P.
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This site may be helpful.  They now have a "working" lib for mapi 
access.  From what I have heard is it works through Samba.

Hopefully it can be made to work with Evolution.

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