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OST archive with attachments

Added by Kari Smith · last edited by Kari Smith · on Jun 05, 2013 (view change)

Title
MS Outlook archive from Thesis Processing staff member

Description
OST file from staff member. Contains full OST file (so, contacts, calendar, email) for records of correspondance between staff who dealt with answering questions relating to thesis preparation, submission, and post-submission issues. Contains email messages and attachments.

Licensing
Dataset only available to MIT Archives staff until full processing is completed.

Owner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Institute Archives and Special Collections.

Dataset Location
Contact the Digital Archivist: [email protected] Subject: For Digital Archivist

Dataset Champion

Kari Smith

Issues brainstorm

extraction of just the email from the full OST file
how to understand threads separate from single messages when there are correspondents that repeat over time

List of Issues
"Parsing OST & PST email files for textual extraction and search

"Converting PST & OST files to MBOX format