Notations that describe POPPST.INI file grammar
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Angle brackets (<>) | Indicate a token or syntactic element. |
| Braces ({}) | Indicate an optional syntactic element. |
| Ellipsis (...) | Indicate that the preceding syntactic element may be repeated. |
| // | Indicates embedded comments (not part of the file format) |
| | | Indicates alternation (a | b implies a or b is acceptable) |
All required parameters must be represented by non-null strings. To omit an optional parameter, leave the entire line out. For example, to omit the value for XTEXT in the [message] section, delete the entire line beginning with XTEXT= instead of retaining the line and assigning no value.
Note Assignment lines cannot contain spaces between the keyword and the value being assigned. For example, the following line is valid:
XTEXT=boxy.txt
This line is not valid:
XTEXT= boxy.txt
The [newpst] section is used to create a new PST and to add messages to it:
[newpst]
NAME=<pst display name string>
ENCRYPTION=<encryption state>
PASSWORD=<pst password string>
PATH=<file path>
The [profile] section is used to add messages to an existing PST in an existing Microsoft Exchange Server profile:
[profile]
NAME=<profile name string>
PASSWORD=<profile password string>
The [message] section provides values for the properties of a new message to be created. The <number> value in the message section header should be unique. POPPST doesn't actually use the number. It is there only for Windows API compatibility.
[message<whitespace><number>]
FROM=<user name>
TO=<user name>{;<user name>}
CC=<user name>{;<user name>}... // Optional.
BCC=<user name>{;<user name>}... // Optional.
FOLDER=<folder path>
SUBJECT=<string>
XTEXT=<file path> // Optional
DATE=<date>
TIME=<time>
PRIORITY=<priority>
XATTACH=<file path>{;<file path>}.. // Optional.