# Table of contents:

• Introduction
• Client/Request
  • GetMetadata
• Server/Response
  • GetMetadataResponse
    • MD
      • E
      • Q
      • M
• Examples
  • Client/Request
  • Server/Response

# Introduction

GetMetadata is one of the SOAP actions the RSI provides.

Gets the mail data for the user.

# Client/Request

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

# GetMetadata

This element has only one attribute:

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

# Server/Response

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

# GetMetadataResponse

This element has only one attribute:

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

# MD

This element has two children:

• <E>: Described below.
• <Q>: Described below.

This element may also contain one or more <M> elements.

# E

This element has four children:

• <I>: The number of messages in your inbox.
• <IU>: The number of unread messages in your inbox.
• <O>: The number of messages in your other folders.
• <OU>: The number of unread messages in your inbox.

# Q

This element has two children:

• <QTM>: Unknown.
• <QNM>: Unknown.

# M

This element has nine children:

• <T>: Type:
  • 11: This message is an offline message.
  • 12: Unknown.
  • 13: Unknown. Seems to be related to network IDs?
• <RT>: Received time. This is in the ISO 8601 format with 3 sub-second digits.
• <E>: The user handle that sent this message.
• <I>: The message ID.
• <N>: The display name of the user handle that belongs to <E>. May be encoded by RFC2047.
• <F>: The folder that this message belongs to. Usually .!!OIM or 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000009.
• <SZ>: The full size of the message, including it's headers.
• <RS>: Read state. An unread message has 0. A read message has 1.
• <S>: Subscribed. Only observed to be 6 or 7.

# Examples

# Client/Request

POST /rsi/rsi.asmx HTTP/1.1
SOAPAction: http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi/GetMetadata
Cache-Control: no-cache
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 487

<?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>
		<GetMetadata xmlns="http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi" />
	</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

# Server/Response

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

<?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>
		<GetMetadataResponse xmlns="http://www.hotmail.msn.com/ws/2004/09/oim/rsi">
			<MD>
				<E>
					<I>0</I>
					<IU>0</IU>
					<O>0</O>
					<OU>0</OU>
				</E>
				<Q>
					<QTM>409600</QTM>
					<QNM>204800</QNM>
				</Q>
				<M>
					<T>11</T>
					<S>7</S>
					<RT>2026-07-24T09:26:29.720Z</RT>
					<RS>0</RS>
					<SZ>320</SZ>
					<E>example@hotmail.com</E>
					<I>MSG1784881639.24</I>
					<F>00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000009</F>
					<N>example@hotmail.com</N>
				</M>
			</MD>
		</GetMetadataResponse>
	</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>