Extracting Information from MSG files

Preparation

Download and install python from https://www.python.org/downloads

open command prompt and run:

pip install https://github.com/mattgwwalker/msg-extractor/zipball/master

This will install msg-extractor python library for working with MSG files

The python script ExtractMsg.py automates the extraction of key email data (from, to, cc, date, subject, body) and the email’s attachments.

https://github.com/mattgwwalker/msg-extractor/

Running python scripts from package

Is done by using “Script” Package Action:

Python script

import ExtractMsg,os,etltools

msg = ExtractMsg.Message(etltools.GetVariable('<FileName>'))
etltools.SetVariable('<MessageSender>',msg.sender)
etltools.SetVariable('<MessageSentDate>',msg.date)
etltools.SetVariable('<MessageSubject>',msg.subject)
etltools.SetVariable('<MessageBody>',msg.body)

oldDir = os.getcwd()

os.chdir(etltools.GetVariable('<DirectoryName>'))

for attachment in msg.attachments:
attachment.save()

os.chdir(oldDir)

Result.Value = 1