# Table of contents:

• Introduction
• Client/Request
  • GetMessage
• Server/Response
  • GetMessageResponse
• Examples
  • Client/Request
  • Server/Response

# Introduction

GetMessage is one of the SOAP actions the RSI provides.

Gets a message from the offline message server.

# Client/Request

The template used in this action is described on the RSI main page.

# GetMessage

This element has only one attribute:

• xmlns: This is always set to http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi.

This element has two children:

• messageId: The ID of the message to download.
• alsoMarkAsRead: If true, this message will be marked as read. Otherwise, use false.

# Server/Response

The template used in this action is described on the RSI main page.

# GetMessageResponse

This element has only one attribute:

• xmlns: This is always set to http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi.

This element has only one child:

• <GetMessageResult>: The full message, with it's MIME headers. These six are important:
  • Content-Type: This is usually set to text/plain; charset=UTF-8, but multipart/alternative is accepted.
  • Content-Transfer-Encoding: This is always set to base64.
  • X-OIM-Message-Type: This is always set to OfflineMessage.
  • X-OIM-Run-Id: The formatted GUID for the thread this message belongs to.
  • X-OIM-Sequence-Num: This is the sequence ID for the thread. This will be 1 if this is the first message.
  • X-OriginalArrivalTime: The timestamp of the message.
    Also includes a FILETIME component which is a Win32 FILETIME struct serialized as 2 blocks of 8 hexadecimal nybbles, with the low 8 nybbles first, then a colon, then the high 8 nybbles enclosed in square brackets.

# Examples

# Client/Request

POST /rsi/rsi.asmx HTTP/1.1
SOAPAction: http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi/GetMessage
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 584

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
	xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>
	<soap:Header>
		<PassportCookie xmlns="http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi">
			<t>ticket</t>
			<p>profile</p>
		</PassportCookie>
	</soap:Header>
	<soap:Body>
		<GetMessage xmlns="http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi">
			<messageId>MSG1784881639.24</messageId>
			<alsoMarkAsRead>true</alsoMarkAsRead>
		</GetMessage>
	</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

# Server/Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 690

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope
	xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
>
	<soap:Body>
		<GetMessageResponse xmlns="http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi">
			<GetMessageResult>MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
X-OIM-Message-Type: OfflineMessage
X-OIM-Run-Id: {A726E9AC-166A-4FE6-9E42-E374D3913224}
X-OIM-Sequence-Num: 1
X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Jul 2026 14:48:41.4530 (UTC) FILETIME=[AF3FC9D0:01DD1C44]

VGhpcyBpcyBhIG1lc3NhZ2Uu</GetMessageResult>
		</GetMetadataResponse>
	</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>