"sstory" wrote in message
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The PST gets corrupted and has size limitations.

I've NEVER, in 10 years, ever had a corrupted pst file. And anyway, you
should be taking regular backups of ALL your data, no matter what it is.
And in Outlook 2003 you can have a pst file up to TWENTY GB! That should be
enough for anyone.
Have a look he
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832925

I still think you are creating a lot of unneccesary work...



The file system doesn't share those
problems (apart from obvious disk failures).

"Gordon" wrote in message
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"sstory" wrote in message
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I would like to write an add-in for Outlook 2003 in vb.net 2005.

1.) Is this possible?

2.) Here's what I'd like to do. I'd like to store outlook email
messages as .msg files in a folder in the users profile or mydocs. I'd
like for that folder to appear in the folder list on the right, and be
able to create folders in that, that would make file system folders.
I'd like any email drug into those folders to be moved to the file
system as an .msg file. I'd like those files to display in the outlook
pane when clicked on, just like the MAPI folders do. I'd like to be
able to search them.

Is this possible? I have done com add-in's before, in visual basic 6,
and have worked with Word and Excel object models some. Can anyone tell
me what would be involved, and a basic strategy of going about this, if
it can be done?

By all means if there is a cheap or free add in that already does this,
please let me know as well. I'd still like an idea as to how to do it.


Umm. Why are you moving messages OUT of Outlook, to store them on the
HDD, and have them re-appear IN Outlook?
Why not just keep them in the pst file? Seems you are trying to re-invent
the wheel here...