Table of contents:

Introduction

The Offline Message Inbox (or "RSI") is a SOAP (XML) Web Service. It was introduced with MSNP11.

It's default HTTPS URL is https://rsi.hotmail.com/rsi/rsi.asmx.

Not to be confused with the Offline Instant Messaging service.

Authentication

This service requires Passport Authentication, either using Passport SSI 1.4 or Passport SOAP (RST).

Read the section on the <PassportCookie> element about this.

Actions

All actions listed have the prefix of http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi/.

Shared Templates

This is used by all Actions listed, as far as we know.

Client/Request

The following sub-headings are XML elements for the client's request.

soap:Envelope

This element has three attributes:

soap:Header

This element only has one child:

PassportCookie

This element has only one attribute:

This element has two children:

soap:Body

Your request element and it's children goes here.

Server/Response

The following sub-headings are XML elements for the server's response.

soap:Envelope

This element has three attributes:

soap:Body

This element contains the server's response elements and their children for the action.