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v0.3.1 — making scanpst stop yelling

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@Aksel-Visby Aksel-Visby released this 07 Jul 20:12
v0.3.1
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Turns out when you write PST files from scratch, Microsoft's Inbox Repair Tool has opinions. This one's mostly me getting it to shut up — a bug-fix release, no new features.

The big one: PSTs larger than ~2 GB were failing scanpst.exe with hundreds of errors — a mangled allocation page (the FPMap, a deprecated structure nobody's supposed to care about, except scanpst apparently does) that only shows up once a file crosses ~2 GB. My earlier testing topped out at two-message stores, so this happily hid for weeks. A real 3.8 GB profile — mail, calendar, tasks, contacts — now scans with zero findings.

Also fixed:

  • Converting an account whose folder is literally named "Deleted Items" no longer takes the whole run down with it. Your Gmail trash can finally come home.
  • The desktop progress bar keeps up with the percentage now, instead of loitering 20% behind like it's got somewhere better to be.
  • The Review screen shows your biggest folders first, so you're not scrolling past forty empty ones to find your inbox.

The full list is in the CHANGELOG.

Downloads

  • ContinuMail Converter_0.3.1_x64-setup.exe — the Windows desktop app (installer; the GUI is Windows-only).
  • mail2pst-cli-0.3.1-win-x64.exe — the command-line converter, Windows.
  • mail2pst-cli-0.3.1-linux-x64 — the command-line converter, Linux.
  • mail2pst-cli-0.3.1-osx-arm64 — the command-line converter, macOS (Apple Silicon).

The CLI binaries are single-file and self-contained — no .NET install needed.

Unsigned binaries — first-run steps

  • Windows: SmartScreen may pop up → More info → Run anyway.
  • Linux: you'll need libicu (e.g. sudo apt install libicu-dev), then chmod +x the binary.
  • macOS: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ./mail2pst-cli-0.3.1-osx-arm64 && chmod +x ./mail2pst-cli-0.3.1-osx-arm64. Heads up: the osx-arm64 binary is built and tested in CI only — it hasn't been run on a physical Mac.

SHA-256

9c0bd38bcbc7aefe7bd5b9ffd045183015f2e28ce618fd6899e431458758ae8b  ContinuMail.Converter_0.3.1_x64-setup.exe
0d506b2c72382e2ddf1ca60eed22959f530f793264cd4163d9900d0b5268e2f4  mail2pst-cli-0.3.1-win-x64.exe
9a9c4e1f0b7c323e5f476f7d2d45b7b39546bbf84abc0ea2863196ab71d6637d  mail2pst-cli-0.3.1-linux-x64
7402ab1cd1d2abb316a111095f3e05e1e375386e93e9420d4d6740009058c14c  mail2pst-cli-0.3.1-osx-arm64
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