How to detect changes in a PST file

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Background:
I made a copy of my .pst file. I was wondering how do i track what
changes in the current pst file so that whenever I want to synchronize
it with my backup .pst file programmatically, I won't have to backup
the whole .pst file again. (This is sort of an incremental backup
solution). In other word, how can I track down any action I made to an
outlook item (deleting or creating/ receiving a new item).

Will outlook events help me on this matter, or is there any other way
that would enable me to keep track of the changes? Any thought would
be appreciated. Thank you.
 
Hi

Sorry I can't help you

but can you tell me how to programmatically backup my pst file. Something
like a macro to export it to an existing .pst file without creating
duplicates


Iwi said:
Background:
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so that whenever I want to synchronize
it with my backup .pst file programmatically, I won't have to backup
the whole .pst file again.
 
This would be a very complicated task. One approach would be to check the LastModificationTime on every item and every folder in the PST file.
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