Thanks... I could access the folders in outlook express using the COM interface. Now I am stuck with how to read to a file only new mails.
Anyone knows how to achieve this? Thanks SPJ --- On Tue, 3/25/08, Pete Stapley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Pete Stapley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Reading new mail from outlook using Python > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: python-list@python.org > Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008, 2:58 AM > Well on a FreeBSD/Unix system you can use the .forward to > pipe the > incoming mail for a user to a program. Below is the > contents of my > .forward that invokes procmail. > > "|/usr/local/bin/procmail -m > /path/to/conf/.procmailrc" > > So I imagine you could do something like this in a > .forward. > > "|/path/myprogram.py" > > SPJ wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to create new tickets in the ticketing > system using > > python. When I receive new email from a particular > address, I have to > > trigger the python script and parse the mail in > required format. > > > > The main hurdle here is, how to invoke the script on > arrival of new > > mail? I checked the outlook settings and found that it > supports only > > microsoft VB script and Jscript. Is there any other > way? I mean, if I > > make a daemon, how will it be notified of new mail? Is > there any > > python module that does this? > > > > I am not sure if this is the right place to ask this, > since it is also > > a microsoft related question. But any help is > appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > SPJ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with > Yahoo! Mobile. Try > > it now. > > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ%20> ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
