PST File

Represents a Microsoft Outlook PST (Personal Storage Table) file, enabling mail-centric extraction, processing, and integration in Grooper.

Remarks

The PSTHandler class provides support for Microsoft Outlook PST files (.pst) within Batch Folders. It enables Grooper to recognize, process, and extract mail messages from PST archives as attachments, supporting downstream extraction, conversion, and export workflows.

Overview

• PSTHandler is automatically selected for files with the .pst extension.
• Integrates with Batch Folders to enable document-centric workflows, including classification, extraction, and export of mail messages contained in PST files.
• Parses the folder structure and mail content of PST files, supporting batch import and mail-centric processing.

PST File Handling

• Loads and parses PST files as attachments to Batch Folders.
• Provides the ability to extract individual mail messages as child documents, preserving folder structure if desired.
• Only mail messages are extracted; appointments, contacts, tasks, and other non-mail items are ignored.

Available Commands

• Burst: Extracts mail messages from the PST file and creates a child document for each message.
  • Sparse: When enabled, child documents are created as links to messages inside the PST file (no full extraction). When disabled, each message is fully extracted.
  • ReplicatePaths: When enabled, the folder structure in the PST file is replicated in the batch. When disabled, all messages are imported as direct children.
  • PathFilter: An optional regular expression to filter which folder paths are imported.

Usage Notes

• Use PSTHandler to enable mail-aware processing in Grooper, including extraction and export of mail messages from Outlook PST archives.
• Combine with Content Type and Data Model configuration to extract structured data from mail messages.
• Suitable for processing email archives, compliance, and e-discovery scenarios in batch workflows.

For more information, see the documentation for Batch Folder, Attachment Type, and mail data extraction in Grooper.

Context Menu Commands

Command	Shortcut	Description
mail Burst		Extracts mail messages from the PST file and creates a child document for each message.