Outlook Data Generator

This small utility uses the Outlook Interop API through Powershell for generating random mail items. This is useful when developing addins and/or Outlook and Office interoperability solutions.

I expect OlDataGen to run on reasonably modern versions of Outlook (>2010).

Current version generates plain-body messages. Content is formed randomly with words chosen from a file (WORDS.TXT is provided).

Addresses are also gathered from an external file (see ADDR.TXT).

Parameters

Parameter	Explanation	Default value
-ItemCount	Sets the number of items to generate	N/A
-WordSourceFile	External file containing words to generate body content	.\words.txt
-AddressSourceFile	External file containing addresses for To/From fields	.\addr.txt
-SubjectWordCountMin	Minimum number of words in subject	1
-SubjectWordCountMax	Maximum number of words in subject	8
-BodyWordCountMin	Minimum number of words in message body	30
-BodyWordCountMax	Maximum number of words in message body	200

Sample Output

PS C:\Users\Hernan\Documents> .\OlDataGen.ps1 -ItemCount 3000
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Outlook Data Generator V1.0      
Copyright 2017 Hernan Di Pietro  
 
This utility is MIT-Licensed. 
Visit https://github.com/hernandp/OutlookDataGenerator for details     
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Setting up...
Reading word source file .\words.txt...
Reading address source file .\addr.txt...
Creating mail items...
.0..........1000..........2000..........3000 
Summary: 
Generated ~ 16053 KBytes in 3000 item(s)