AddressBook and recent mail address database of Mail

[Riccardo Mottola]

Hi,

on a Mac (if AB is used instead of contacts) Mail.app records "recent 
mails" and stores them in a File in the Address Book folder with the name:

MailRecents-v4.abcdmr

It appears it is managed someway by the AddressBook thus. The file is in 
the SQLite format as the default address book.

I suppose Apple uses the AddressBook to manage it. My question is: is 
there a qay to get this data?
Is there a way for another application e.g. GNUMail to use the same DB 
or to setup an equivalent but differently named book?
Using public APIs or with tricks?


At a first glance, it seems there is no way, the API only allows access 
to the shared address book and this is what the GUI also shows.

Riccardo