IMailStoreExtractor Interface

Mail store content extractor interface.

Namespace: OpenDiscoverSDK.Interfaces.Extractors
Assembly: OpenDiscoverSDK.Interfaces (in OpenDiscoverSDK.Interfaces.dll) Version: 2025.4.4.0 (2025.4.4)

Syntax

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public interface IMailStoreExtractor : IContentExtractor, 
	IDisposable

The IMailStoreExtractor type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	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)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Dispose	Performs 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)

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Events

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

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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.

Reference

OpenDiscoverSDK.Interfaces.Extractors Namespace