Programmatically saving Outlook emails in .msg format on my desktop

Question

How can I save emails to my local desktop folder in Microsoft Outlook 2007? I need a plugin or can you help me in writing a plugin with some suitable code as reference. I don't have permission to create *.pst. I don't want to save it manually everytime.

Answer 1

There are several commercial solutions available, for example: MessageSave or MailToFile, but I understand that you're looking for a free alternative. In that case you may check SharepointUpload.

Despite its name it allows to a normal folder.

Note: Although the tool was designed for SharePoint's naming restrictions, the tool can be used to extract all the above to a normal folder (e.g. C:\Temp).

It's freeware and you have also available the source code so you could modify the product if it doesn't meet your needs.

SharePoint Upload is a command line freeware tool (with .NET source) that can extract e-mails from PST, Public Folders, and Exchange Mailboxes and place on a file system in MSG format (using Redemption)