README.md

Description

Program to analyze mails stored into a Microsoft Outlook PST file and find one based on search keywords. There no need of Microsoft Outlook on the target computer.

This project is implemented using Maven (v3.x) structure.

Build the program

Use the following Maven command line to build the program jar file:

mvn clean package

The program will be build as the file target/pst-digger.jar

Running requirement

The program need a JRE 1.8

Usage

Use the following command to display the call parameters:

java -jar pst-digger.jar

Usage:
 -a      : Dump linked attachments for interesting mails found (default: false)
 -f FILE : PST file to analyze (absolute or relative path)
 -i      : Perform search of terms in case sensitive way (default: false)
 -k VAL  : Keywords to search in mail (subject/body), separated by a pipe '|'
 -o FILE : Folder in which store copy of interesting mails containing the keywords specified (default: out)

Example using required parameters:
java -jar pst-digger.jar -f FILE -k VAL

Example using all parameters:
java -jar pst-digger.jar -a -f FILE -i -k VAL -o FILE

Real call example:

java -jar pst-digger.jar -a -f "C:\Users\xxx\my.pst" -i -k "login|password" -o TEST01

Thanks

Thanks you to rjohnsondev for the Java version of the LibPST library.