i'm trying to figure out a way to compile a list of contacts (email
address, first and last name) by extracting these details from every
email message in an user's mailbox.

the closest i can get is to export contact details from an NK2 file, but
that has a limit of the last 1000 contacts. in my case, that is not
sufficient.

i thought maybe there could be a server side utility that could grab
this information.

any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Maybe...

Mailing List Services component
http://www.mapilab.com/outlook/toolb..._services.html

"... Do you need to add e-mail addresses to contacts from a text file? Do
you want to add to your address book all recipients, to whom you have ever
written the messages?..."

ERG <ERG> wrote:
> i'm trying to figure out a way to compile a list of contacts (email
> address, first and last name) by extracting these details from every
> email message in an user's mailbox.
>
> the closest i can get is to export contact details from an NK2 file,
> but that has a limit of the last 1000 contacts. in my case, that is
> not sufficient.
>
> i thought maybe there could be a server side utility that could grab
> this information.
>
> any ideas are greatly appreciated.

Try posting in microsoft.public.outlook to see whether they have any ideas.

I wouldn't hesitate to give this a look based on the recommendation from AD
MVP Brian Desmond. http://briandesmond.com/blog/very-cool-outlook-addin/


"ERG" <ERG> wrote in message
news:4780
[..]

You can write Outlook automation code to loop through the mail items in each
mail folder. You can read the to and from email addresses on the items. This
would run on the workstation, not on the Exchange server.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench> wrote in message
news:a140
[..]

Paul Shapiro <paul> wrote:
> You can write Outlook automation code to loop through the mail items
> in each mail folder. You can read the to and from email addresses on
> the items. This would run on the workstation, not on the Exchange
> server.

I can? I don't think so. Plus I don't need to. :)
But maybe the OP can learn how to do that in the Outlook group.
[..]

Hi,

Thanks for your post and others' input.

Since these contacts are store in the Contacts folder of each user's mailbox, have you tried export them from Outlook to a CSV file(email address, first and last name etc
separated by comma)?

Please refer to the following article for detailed steps:


Export Outlook Contacts to Google Gmail
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...489021033.aspx

How to import and export text data by using Outlook
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290859/en-us

Hope this helps.


Best regards,
Robbin Meng(MSFT)
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] wrote:
> Maybe...
>
> Mailing List Services component
> [..]
>
> "... Do you need to add e-mail addresses to contacts from a text file? Do
> you want to add to your address book all recipients, to whom you have ever
> written the messages?..."
>
this program worked perfectly. thanks!