Hi Fred,

If this does what it says on the tin, then that should be just what I need.

Many Thanks,
Mark



>>Hi,
>>
>>I'm looking to interact with Outlook Express, probably via MSMAPI and VFP.
>>
>>There are lots of FAQ's about sending messages, but that's not what I need to do.
>>
>>I have various folders in OE with 50,000 plus messages that I regularly search through for information.
>>
>>I want to export all of this email from OE into a VFP database, which I can then manipulate to slice & dice this info as necessary.
>>
>>This doesn't even need to be an automated job as I am writing another VFP app to collect further info directly from the POP3 server.
>>
>>All suggestions welcome.
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>http://www.updatexp.com/tip23.html
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>http://updatexp.com/cgi-bin/site.pl?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oehelp.com%2FDBXtract%2FDBXtract.zip