IMailStoreExtractor Interface

Mail store content extractor interface.

Definition

Namespace: OpenDiscoverSDK.Interfaces.Extractors
Assembly: OpenDiscoverSDK.Interfaces (in OpenDiscoverSDK.Interfaces.dll) Version: 2026.2.6.0 (2026.02.06)
C#
public interface IMailStoreExtractor : IContentExtractor, 
	IDisposable
Implements
IContentExtractor, IDisposable

Remarks

A mail store contains email message objects and can contain folders to organize these message objects. Examples of mail stores are Microsoft Outlook PST/OST and MBOX (.mbox) formats.

Properties

CalculateMailStoreBinaryHash If true, instructs the IMailStoreExtractor to calculate the mail store binary hash (the default value). If false, the mail store will NOT be hashed.
ContentExtractorType The derived, actual content extractor interface type.
(Inherited from IContentExtractor)
Length Gets the document's length in bytes.
(Inherited from IContentExtractor)
SupportsChildrenExtraction If true, this content extractor supports attachment, embedded item, or container item extraction.
(Inherited from IContentExtractor)
SupportsDecryption If true, this content extractor supports decrypting password protected documents.
(Inherited from IContentExtractor)
SupportsMetadataExtraction If true, this content extractor supports metadata extraction.
(Inherited from IContentExtractor)
SupportsTextExtraction If true, this content extractor supports text extraction.
(Inherited from IContentExtractor)

Methods

DisposePerforms application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
(Inherited from IDisposable)
ExtractContent Extracts mail store metadata and mail store folders.
GetMessagesByNodeId Gets a specific message objects from the mail store as ChildDocument objects. It is important to see the remarks.
GetNextMessage Gets the next message object from the mail store as a ChildDocument object where the message object's contents are contained in the DocumentBytes property of the returned ChildDocument.
OverrideContentExtractionSettings Allows for overriding the ContentExtractionSettings object used by a IContentExtractor instance that was returned by a call to OpenDiscoverSDK.ContentExtractorFactory.GetContentExtractor. See remarks for limitations.
(Inherited from IContentExtractor)

Events

ContentExtractionHeartbeat Notification event that lets implementers of IContentExtractor know that content extraction is still under process. See remarks.
(Inherited from IContentExtractor)

See Also