How to read data info on windows live mail?

Question

Hi
   I´ve developed an app the reads the information from windows Mail (windows Vista) using the API,
   do you know how can I do this on Windows Live Mail(desktop) ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi, there are few third party Windows Live Mail APIs available, some APIs work with C# and VB.Net other uses COM. Try to search on the web. Unfortunately Live Team decided to not expose old Outlook Express interfaces. Otherwise if you only need a read only access to emails you can iterate .eml files in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\

Answer 2

Hi,

It depends on which kind of information you need to access. The easiest method is to use a specific API, for example from http://oeapi.com 

However if you simply need to read accounts data it's possible to iterate *.account files in C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail\. All email messages available in MIME format as .eml files.

Ron.