Along the same lines of what Beau was saying, check your settings to see if you are using Exchange or SMTP (Internet Mail). If you are using Exchange, then you can still try using the SMTP modules, many Exchange servers support SMTP from internal clients as long as you are on the LAN. It depends on how much security your Network Admin has on the Exchange server. Trying to automate Outlook would be a lengthy and complicated task that I wouldn't recommend for anybody.
There is a Win32::Exchange module out there that you can use to interface with the Exchange directory services, but I would recommend that for someone who was a little more comfortable with Perl, and in particular the idea of references to data structures. To get an idea of what I mean, type these at the command prompt: perldoc perlreftut perldoc perllol or even better, if you're using ActiveState (which I recommend), check out the HTML documentation and look under "Perl Core Documentation" for perlreftut and perllol. Anyway, check out these modules if you can swing it so that you can use SMTP: Mail::Sender (good for sending attachments) Net::SMTP (this module is actually a good way to get a basic understanding of how SMTP works) MIME::Lite Mail::Sendmail -----Original Message----- From: Beau E. Cox [mailto:beau@;beaucox.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 7:08 PM To: Hello Buddy; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Wants to know about outlook with perl Wow - First, I don't think you want to go to/from Outlook - rather you want to access the mail server that Outlook accesses. Check the tools-> accounts area to see what outlook is accessing. Next, you _can_ use perl, by way of some modules available on CPAN (www.cpan.org). You will most likely need pop3 and smtp mail components. This is a lot easier on Unix/Linux systems rather than on M$ windows. You have a steep learning curve adhead of you, but it should be fun. I would suggest you get your feet wet with some less weighty projects to learn something about perl an programming in general, but, you can always just plunge in! Please do some research: CPAN, how internet mail works (pop3/smto, etc) mail formats, etc. Jump into www.google.com and look! Aloha => Beau. -----Original Message----- From: Hello Buddy [mailto:hello_buddy_001@;yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Wants to know about outlook with perl Hi, I am totally beginner in Perl and programming. I have no experience before. I want to know that "is it possible to do with perl script to write and send the mail for outlook without opening outlook application?". What I mean is I just enter user name and password for outlook account and give the text file of message to perl and I want perl to do it automatically. Thanks in advance for your answers. Best regards Aung __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
