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Introduction

Capesoft MailSync allows you to import mail, newsgroups and folders from Microsoft Outlook Express (which has been renamed to Window Mail with the release of Windows Vista.)  It does not support Windows Live Mail in Windows 7.

Mailsync supports Outlook Express, not Microsoft Outlook - For a fully featured solution to access mail, contacts, tasks, appointments and more from Outlook we recommend CapeSoft Office Inside.

MailSync ships as source code and templates, there are no DLLs or black boxes.

MailSync will import email and newsgroup messages from Outlook Express 5 and 6 - it comes complete with all source code and procedures needed to manage messages from within your application.

Upgrading From ExpressFlash To MailSync

Important: When upgrading you will need to change the class name in the local procedure template. See the FAQ question 1 for details.

Main Features

  1. MailSync opens up lots of new possibilities for Clarion developers - such as being able to process orders emailed automatically from a website.
  2. Ready-made browse control for managing your mail boxes (see below)
  3. Automatic location of your Outlook Express messages folder
  4. You can specify a starting date & time for each import run so you don't get any overlap between batches of emails converted.(see screenshot below) And if you don't want to use attachments (such as ZIP files and images) you can exclude these.
  5. Links in automatically to your "people files" (such as Employees and Customers) using the email address.
  6. Import from Outlook contact address books
  7. Maintenance options (see below) for cleaning up the message file according to various rules. The handy Test Only option lets you see how many messages would be affected by a particular rule.
  8. And for developers who like to dive in and work at the source code level there is an option to convert Outlook Express mailboxes to "raw" text data - which you can then parse out as you want.
  9. Compatible with Clarion 8 (or later) ABC templates (Legacy templates are not suppotred.) Outlook Express 5 & 6 (via DBX files).
  10. Sample APP and DCT supplied
  11. All source code supplied. No black boxes. No runtime royalties.
demo main screen screenshot

demo import screen screenshot

Maintenance Options Window (below)

demo maintenance screen screenshot

Copyright & Licensing

This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties.

This software is copyright. This means that you should only use this software if you have paid for it. One license is required for each developer that uses MailSync . Because we understand that as a developer you might use more that one computer (for example a home computer, work computer and a laptop) we allow MailSync to be installed on multiple systems. However if you have more than one developer working on an application that uses MailSync then you need a license for each developer. If you need more than one license, then discounts are available, contact sales at capesoft dot com for more information.

License Agreement

CapeSoft Software, employees of CapeSoft Software and Dealers of CapeSoft Software products explicitly accept no liability for any loss or damages which may occur from using this package. This package is used entirely at your own risk.

Use of this package constitutes agreement with this license.

Please contact sales at capesoft dot com should you have any queries.

Distribution and Royalties

MailSync is royalty free, you may use it in as many applications as you like without paying any royalties for each copy that you produce.

You may not distribute any of the files that ship with MailSync (including but not limited to the source code and template). Because MailSync ships as source code, it compiles into your application and you do not need to ship any additional files in order to use MailSync in your applications.

Upgrade Policy

CapeSoft products have always had a free upgrade policy. i.e. You pay for the product once and then all the new upgrades and features are free. At the moment this is policy for MailSync. It could change in future, but this has been the case for the past 10 years.

PAD File: https://www.capesoft.com/utilities/com_pad.xml

Installation

Please note that the Demo APP is just what it says - it shows you what can be done with the templates, it is not a production application. It has a lot of bells and whistles that make the demo run a little slow at times because all features are being used at the same time. But you might not need all these features.
Also - the Load Contacts "browse" is just a quick "see it works" list box. MailSync reads all the Contact data into the queue t_EF_OutlookContactsQ - more info is in the Templates, Importing Messages and Importing Contacts topics.

Procedures Imported from MailSync.txa

Outlook 2000 and Accessing Contacts

To access Outlook 2000 messages you will need CDO Collaboration Data Objects 1.2 (CDO) installed. Click here for details on how to Acquire & Install CDO.

For full integration with Microsoft Office and Outlook we recommend Capesoft Office Inside which allows you to import and export Contacts, Messages, Appointments and Tasks, as well as integrating with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Acquiring and Installing CDO

You can acquire CDO in one of several ways, for example: When you install Outlook 98, you should have cdo.dll, cdohtml.dll, and mapi32.dll installed onto your system. When you install Exchange 5.5, you must take special steps in order to install these libraries. Choose Custom Setup. From this setup, select IIS/Active Server/Active Server Pages Option. This setup process causes the earlier DLLs to be installed on your system.

You may for some reason get stuck manually installing the CDO library. You can easily do this with the following statement

regsvr32 cdo.dll.

Type this command from a DOS prompt. The regsvr32 is a utility that invokes self-registration routines embedded within an in-process COM object such as cdo.dll.

CDO 1.21 was previously available for download in a redistributable format. However, the redistributable version of CDO is no longer available. CDO must be installed by another product, such as Microsoft Outlook or Microsoft Exchange.

Outlook 2000 installation does not include CDO component by default, CDO component has to be chosen during the installation.

Extract Attachments

Template Extract Attachments screenshot

Attachments to messages could be anything from ZIPs to image files and can get very big. To speed up the import process the end user has the option to skip attachments.
They can also skip particular types of attachment such as EXEs - file types should be separated by semicolons as shown below

demo import screen screenshot

The trace file is a text file which contains the "raw" message information.

This file gives the option to parse out the message components (from, to, subject etc.) yourself for specialist purposes

Please Note : the Demo APP is just what it says -- it shows you what can be done with the templates, it is not a production application. It has a lot of bells and whistles that make the demo run a little slow at times because all features are being used at the same time. But you might not need all these features.

Regarding the Load Contacts "browse" in the demo - it is just a quick "see it works" list box. MailSync reads all the Contact data into the queue t_EF_OutlookContactsQ - from where you can process it as you want. ( Please refer to Microsoft online documentation for meaning of these fields)The structure of this Queue is:
t_EF_OutlookContactsQ  QUEUE,TYPE
Account CSTRING(61)
Anniversary CSTRING(61)
AssistantName CSTRING(61)
AssistantTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
BillingInformation CSTRING(61)
Birthday CSTRING(61)
Body CSTRING(61)
Business2TelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
BusinessAddress CSTRING(61)
BusinessAddressCity CSTRING(61)
BusinessAddressCountry CSTRING(61)
BusinessAddressPostOfficeBox CSTRING(61)
BusinessAddressPostalCode CSTRING(61)
BusinessAddressState CSTRING(61)
BusinessAddressStreet CSTRING(61)
BusinessFaxNumber CSTRING(61)
BusinessHomePage CSTRING(61)
BusinessTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
CallbackTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
CarTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
Categories CSTRING(61)
Children CSTRING(61)
Companies CSTRING(61)
CompanyAndFullName CSTRING(61)
CompanyLastFirstNoSpace CSTRING(61)
CompanyLastFirstSpaceOnly CSTRING(61)
CompanyMainTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
CompanyName CSTRING(61)
ComputerNetworkName CSTRING(61)
ConversationTopic CSTRING(61)
CreationTime CSTRING(61)
CustomerID CSTRING(61)
Department CSTRING(61)
Email1Address CSTRING(61)
Email1DisplayName CSTRING(61)
Email2Address CSTRING(61)
Email2DisplayName CSTRING(61)
Email3Address CSTRING(61)
Email3DisplayName CSTRING(61)
EntryID CSTRING(61) ! This is the Unique ID
FTPSite CSTRING(61)
FileAs CSTRING(61)
FirstName CSTRING(61)
FullName CSTRING(61)
FullNameAndCompany CSTRING(61)
Gender CSTRING(61)
GovernmentIDNumber CSTRING(61)
Hobby CSTRING(61)
Home2TelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
HomeAddress CSTRING(61)
HomeAddressCity CSTRING(61)
HomeAddressCountry CSTRING(61)
HomeAddressPostOfficeBox CSTRING(61)
HomeAddressPostalCode CSTRING(61)
HomeAddressState CSTRING(61)
HomeAddressStreet CSTRING(61)
HomeFaxNumber CSTRING(61)
HomeTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
IMAddress CSTRING(61)
ISDNNumber CSTRING(61)
Initials CSTRING(61)
InternetFreeBusyAddress CSTRING(61)
IsConflict CSTRING(61)
JobTitle CSTRING(61)
Language CSTRING(61)
LastFirstAndSuffix CSTRING(61)
LastFirstNoSpace CSTRING(61)
LastFirstNoSpaceAndSuffix CSTRING(61)
LastFirstNoSpaceCompany CSTRING(61)
LastFirstSpaceOnly CSTRING(61)
LastFirstSpaceOnlyCompany CSTRING(61)
LastModificationTime CSTRING(61)
LastName CSTRING(61)
LastNameAndFirstName CSTRING(61)
MailingAddress CSTRING(61)
MailingAddressCity CSTRING(61)
MailingAddressCountry CSTRING(61)
MailingAddressPostOfficeBox CSTRING(61)
MailingAddressPostalCode CSTRING(61)
MailingAddressState CSTRING(61)
MailingAddressStreet CSTRING(61)
ManagerName CSTRING(61)
MiddleName CSTRING(61)
Mileage CSTRING(61)
MobileTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
NetMeetingAlias CSTRING(61)
NetMeetingServer CSTRING(61)
NickName CSTRING(61)
OfficeLocation CSTRING(61)
OrganizationalIDNumber CSTRING(61)
OtherAddress CSTRING(61)
OtherAddressCity CSTRING(61)
OtherAddressCountry CSTRING(61)
OtherAddressPostOfficeBox CSTRING(61)
OtherAddressPostalCode CSTRING(61)
OtherAddressState CSTRING(61)
OtherAddressStreet CSTRING(61)
OtherFaxNumber CSTRING(61)
OtherTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
PagerNumber CSTRING(61)
PersonalHomePage CSTRING(61)
PrimaryTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
Profession CSTRING(61)
RadioTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
ReferredBy CSTRING(61)
Spouse CSTRING(61)
Subject CSTRING(61)
Suffix CSTRING(61)
TTYTDDTelephoneNumber CSTRING(61)
TelexNumber CSTRING(61)
Title CSTRING(61)
User1 CSTRING(61)
User2 CSTRING(61)
User3 CSTRING(61)
User4 CSTRING(61)
UserCertificate CSTRING(61)
WebPage CSTRING(61)
YomiCompanyName CSTRING(61)
YomiFirstName CSTRING(61)
YomiLastName CSTRING(61)
END

FAQs

  1. I am upgrading from ExpressFlash to MailSync, what do I need to do?

    • Install MailSync (you can uninstall ExpressFlash first if so desired to ensure no old files are left on your system).
    • In each procedure that used the ExpressFlash template, go to the Extension for the procedure and select the MailSync Template.
    • Change the Object name to ExpressFlash instead of MailSync. (i.e MailSyncExport becomes ExpressFlashExport).
  2. Why are some folders marked as inactive during import?

    These files will be found in your Outlook Express folder

    OFFLINE.DBX
    FOLDERS.DBX
    POP3UIDL.DBX

    They should be marked inactive -- they are not valid Mailbox files, they are control files.
  3. I get a message saying I need CDO to be installed - how do I do this?

    Collaboration Data Objects 1.2 (CDO) - these are not installed automatically with Outlook 2000 - its an option under the install accessories menu on the Outlook/Microsoft Office CD.

    For more information see CDO Topic
  4. I imported a newsgroup with 50 messages but only 3 showed up in MsgFile.tps

    Make sure before you run the MailSync import procedure that all the messages you want have been downloaded using Outlook Express.
    The message might show in the OE browser but it could be just the header not the full message.
    You can do this in OE (with a newsgroup highlighted) using Tools/Synchronize Newsgroup

Purchase and Support

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Post PO Box 511, Plumstead, 7801, Cape Town, South Africa
CapeSoft MailSync may be purchased from:
CapeSoft Sales
Web www.capesoft.com
Email sales at capesoft dot com
Telephone +27 87 828 0123
Fax +27 21 715 2535
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License and Copyright

This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties.

Copyright and Licensing

This software is copyright. This means that you should only use this software if you have paid for it. One license is required for each developer that uses MailSync. Because we understand that as a developer you might use more that one computer (for example a home computer, work computer and a laptop) we allow MailSync to be installed on multiple systems. However if you have more than one developer working on an application that uses MailSync then you need a license for each developer. If you need more than one license, then discounts are available, contact for more information.

License Agreement

CapeSoft Software, employees of CapeSoft Software and Dealers of CapeSoft Software products explicitly accept no liability for any loss or damages which may occur from using this package. This package is used entirely at your own risk. Use of this package constitutes agreement with this license. Please contact should you have any queries.

Distribution and Royalties

MailSync is royalty free, you may use it in as many applications as you like without paying any royalties for each copy that you produce. You may not distribute any of the files that ship with MailSync (including but not limited to the source code and template). Because MailSync ships as source code, it compiles into your application and you do not need to ship any additional files in order to use MailSync in your applications.

Version History

MailSync 2.07 12 October 2021MailSync 2.06 12 October 2018 MailSync 2.05 25 February 2015 MailSync 2.04 3 February 2014 MailSync 2.03 2 May 2013 MailSync 2.02
MailSync 2.01
MailSync 2.00