Algorithm to Calculate the Store Hash Number
Applies to: Outlook 2013 | Outlook 2016
As part of a MAPI Uniform Resource Locator (URL), a store provider sends a store hash number to the MAPI Protocol Handler to identify an object that is ready for indexing. The MAPI Protocol Handler uses this store hash number to identify a store. In general, a store provider calculates the store hash number based on the store mapping signature, if the store has the PR_MAPPING_SIGNATURE property defined in the global profile section. Otherwise, the store provider uses the store entry ID. The algorithm to calculate the store hash number must minimize ambiguities identifying stores.
This topic describes an algorithm that Microsoft Office Outlook uses to calculate a store hash number based on the store mapping signature or entry ID and the store file name.
The binary blob to be encoded is the PR_ENTRYID of the store in most cases, but for cached Exchange stores, both public and private, the binary blob should be the PR_MAPPING_SIGNATURE, found in the profile.
After computing the hash for a public folder store's binary blob, but before hashing-in the OST path, the constant 0x2E505542, which represents the string ".PUB", is hashed in to assure it is unique, that is, distinct from the private store's hash.
The support code culls the relevant bits from the profile, which can be used to determine whether a store is public or private, if it's cached, and the path to the OST. To incorporate this code in a project, call the function ComputeStoreHash, which takes as its input the session pointer as well as PR_ENTRYID, PR_SERVICE_UID, and PR_MDB_PROVIDER from the message store table. The rest of the information it needs it gets from the profile. For output, this function returns the hash as computed from PR_MAPPING_SIGNATURE if the store is a cached Exchange store, or the hash as computed from PR_ENTRYID.
Note
The HrEmsmdbUIDFromStore support function is a Multiple Exchange Accounts-aware replacement for using pbGlobalProfileSectionGuid to open the profile section for an Exchange mailbox.
#define PR_PROFILE_OFFLINE_STORE_PATH_A PROP_TAG(PT_STRING8, 0x6610)
#define PR_PROFILE_OFFLINE_STORE_PATH_W PROP_TAG(PT_UNICODE, 0x6610)
#define CONFIG_OST_CACHE_PRIVATE ((ULONG)0x00000180)
#define CONFIG_OST_CACHE_PUBLIC ((ULONG)0x00000400)
HRESULT HrEmsmdbUIDFromStore(IMAPISession* pmsess,
MAPIUID* puidService,
MAPIUID* pEmsmdbUID)
{
if (!puidService) return MAPI_E_INVALID_PARAMETER;
HRESULT hRes = S_OK;
SRestriction mres = {0};
SPropValue mval = {0};
SRowSet* pRows = NULL;
SRow* pRow = NULL;
LPSERVICEADMIN spSvcAdmin = NULL;
LPMAPITABLE spmtab = NULL;
enum { eEntryID = 0, eSectionUid, eMax };
static const SizedSPropTagArray(eMax, tagaCols) =
{
eMax,
{
PR_ENTRYID,
PR_EMSMDB_SECTION_UID,
}
};
hRes = pmsess->AdminServices(0, (LPSERVICEADMIN*)&spSvcAdmin);
if (SUCCEEDED(hRes) && spSvcAdmin)
{
hRes = spSvcAdmin->GetMsgServiceTable(0, &spmtab);
if (spmtab)
{
hRes = spmtab->SetColumns((LPSPropTagArray)&tagaCols, TBL_BATCH);
mres.rt = RES_PROPERTY;
mres.res.resProperty.relop = RELOP_EQ;
mres.res.resProperty.ulPropTag = PR_SERVICE_UID;
mres.res.resProperty.lpProp = &mval;
mval.ulPropTag = PR_SERVICE_UID;
mval.Value.bin.cb = sizeof(*puidService);
mval.Value.bin.lpb = (LPBYTE)puidService;
(void) spmtab->Restrict(&mres, 0);
(void) spmtab->QueryRows(10, 0, &pRows);
if (SUCCEEDED(hRes) && pRows && pRows->cRows)
{
pRow = &pRows->aRow[0];
if (pEmsmdbUID && pRow)
{
if (PR_EMSMDB_SECTION_UID == pRow->lpProps[eSectionUid].ulPropTag &&
pRow->lpProps[eSectionUid].Value.bin.cb == sizeof(*pEmsmdbUID))
{
memcpy(pEmsmdbUID, pRow->lpProps[eSectionUid].Value.bin.lpb, sizeof(*pEmsmdbUID));
}
}
}
FreeProws(pRows);
}
if (spmtab) spmtab->Release();
}
if (spSvcAdmin) spSvcAdmin->Release();
return hRes;
} // HrEmsmdbUIDFromStore
bool FExchangePrivateStore(LPMAPIUID lpmapiuid)
{
if (!lpmapiuid) return false;
return IsEqualMAPIUID(lpmapiuid, (LPMAPIUID)pbExchangeProviderPrimaryUserGuid);
} // FExchangePrivateStore
bool FExchangePublicStore(LPMAPIUID lpmapiuid)
{
if (!lpmapiuid) return false;
return IsEqualMAPIUID(lpmapiuid, (LPMAPIUID)pbExchangeProviderPublicGuid);
} // FExchangePublicStore
DWORD ComputeHash(ULONG cbStoreEID, LPBYTE pbStoreEID, LPCSTR pszFileName, LPCWSTR pwzFileName, BOOL bPublicStore)
{
DWORD dwHash = 0;
ULONG cdw = 0;
DWORD* pdw = NULL;
ULONG cb = 0;
BYTE* pb = NULL;
ULONG i = 0;
if (!cbStoreEID || !pbStoreEID) return dwHash;
// Shouldn't see both of these at the same time.
if (pszFileName && pwzFileName) return dwHash;
// Get the Store Entry ID
// pbStoreEID is a pointer to the Entry ID.
// cbStoreEID is the size in bytes of the Entry ID.
pdw = (DWORD*)pbStoreEID;
cdw = cbStoreEID / sizeof(DWORD);
for (i = 0; i < cdw; i++)
{
dwHash = (dwHash << 5) + dwHash + *pdw++;
}
pb = (BYTE *)pdw;
cb = cbStoreEID % sizeof(DWORD);
for (i = 0; i < cb; i++)
{
dwHash = (dwHash << 5) + dwHash + *pb++;
}
if (bPublicStore)
{
// Augment to assure it is unique, else could be same as private store.
dwHash = (dwHash << 5) + dwHash + 0x2E505542; // this is '.PUB'
}
// To also include the store file name in the hash calculation,
// pszFileName and pwzFileName are NULL terminated strings with the path and filename of the store.
if (pwzFileName)
{
while (*pwzFileName)
{
dwHash = (dwHash << 5) + dwHash + *pwzFileName++;
}
}
else if (pszFileName)
{
while (*pszFileName)
{
dwHash = (dwHash << 5) + dwHash + *pszFileName++;
}
}
// dwHash now contains the hash to be used. It should be written in hex when building a URL.
return dwHash;
} // ComputeHash
void ComputeStoreHash(LPMAPISESSION lpMAPISession, LPSBinary lpEntryID, LPSBinary lpServiceUID, LPSBinary lpProviderUID, DWORD* lpdwSigHash, DWORD* lpdwEIDHash)
{
HRESULT hRes = S_OK;
MAPIUID emsmdbUID = {0};
LPPROFSECT lpProfSect = NULL;
BOOL fPublicExchangeStore = FExchangePublicStore((LPMAPIUID)lpProviderUID->lpb);
BOOL fPrivateExchangeStore = FExchangePrivateStore((LPMAPIUID)lpProviderUID->lpb);
BOOL fCached = false;
LPSPropValue lpConfigProp = NULL;
LPSPropValue lpPathPropA = NULL;
LPSPropValue lpPathPropW = NULL;
LPSPropValue lpMappingSig = NULL;
LPSTR szPath = NULL; // Do not free.
LPWSTR wzPath = NULL; // Do not free.
// Get profile section.
if (lpServiceUID)
{
hRes = HrEmsmdbUIDFromStore(lpMAPISession,
(LPMAPIUID) lpServiceUID->lpb,
&emsmdbUID);
if (SUCCEEDED(hRes))
{
hRes = lpMAPISession->OpenProfileSection(&emsmdbUID, NULL, 0, &lpProfSect);
}
}
if (!lpServiceUID || FAILED(hRes))
{
// For Outlook 2003/2007, HrEmsmdbUIDFromStore may not succeed,
// so use pbGlobalProfileSectionGuid instead.
hRes = lpMAPISession->OpenProfileSection((LPMAPIUID)pbGlobalProfileSectionGuid, NULL, 0, &lpProfSect);
}
if (lpProfSect)
{
hRes = HrGetOneProp(lpProfSect, PR_PROFILE_CONFIG_FLAGS, &lpConfigProp);
if (SUCCEEDED(hRes) && PROP_TYPE(lpConfigProp->ulPropTag) != PT_ERROR)
{
if (fPrivateExchangeStore)
{
fCached = ((lpConfigProp->Value.l & CONFIG_OST_CACHE_PRIVATE) != 0);
}
if (fPublicExchangeStore)
{
fCached = ((lpConfigProp->Value.l & CONFIG_OST_CACHE_PUBLIC) == CONFIG_OST_CACHE_PUBLIC);
}
}
if (fCached)
{
hRes = HrGetOneProp(lpProfSect, PR_PROFILE_OFFLINE_STORE_PATH_W, &lpPathPropW);
if (FAILED(hRes))
{
hRes = HrGetOneProp(lpProfSect, PR_PROFILE_OFFLINE_STORE_PATH_A, &lpPathPropA);
}
if (SUCCEEDED(hRes))
{
if (lpPathPropW && lpPathPropW->Value.lpszW)
{
wzPath = lpPathPropW->Value.lpszW;
}
else if (lpPathPropA && lpPathPropA->Value.lpszA)
{
szPath = lpPathPropA->Value.lpszA;
}
}
// If this is an Exchange store with an OST path, it's an OST, so get the mapping signature.
if ((fPrivateExchangeStore || fPublicExchangeStore) && (wzPath || szPath))
{
hRes = HrGetOneProp(lpProfSect, PR_MAPPING_SIGNATURE, &lpMappingSig);
}
}
}
DWORD dwSigHash = NULL;
if (lpMappingSig && PT_BINARY == PROP_TYPE(lpMappingSig->ulPropTag))
{
dwSigHash = ComputeHash(lpMappingSig->Value.bin.cb, lpMappingSig->Value.bin.lpb, NULL, NULL, fPublicExchangeStore);
}
DWORD dwEIDHash = ComputeHash(lpEntryID->cb, lpEntryID->lpb, szPath, wzPath, fPublicExchangeStore);
if (lpdwSigHash) *lpdwSigHash = dwSigHash;
if (lpdwEIDHash) *lpdwEIDHash = dwEIDHash;
MAPIFreeBuffer(lpMappingSig);
MAPIFreeBuffer(lpPathPropA);
MAPIFreeBuffer(lpPathPropW);
MAPIFreeBuffer(lpConfigProp);
if (lpProfSect) lpProfSect->Release();
} // ComputeStoreHash
Tip
The HrEmsmdbUIDFromStore function works without actually opening the store, so it is a good general purpose approach. However, if you have a pointer to the store object already, you can also retrieve the profile section GUID directly from the message store by reading the PR_EMSMDB_SECTION_UID property.