On Oct 3, 4:10 pm, Rob Williscroft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Beliavsky wrote in news:d579f554-be4b-4066-acec-49a7bafb1046 > @t41g2000hsc.googlegroups.com in comp.lang.python: > > > I work for a financial company where we run Windows XP and read email > > using Microsoft Outlook 2003. I get daily files that come as email > > attachments from various counterparties. I save them as h:\firm_name > > \yyyymmdd.csv . Would Python be a good tool to automate the process of > > saving reports, or would it be more convenient to use a Microsoft > > proprietary language such as VB or C#? Of course one factor is one's > > relative competence with the various languages. > > Assuming your Outlook is using Exchange (or at least a IMAP server), > you can use imaplib in the standard library. > > This example should list the messages and attachments in you InBox > fot today. > > EXCHANGE = '' #<-- YOUR EXCHANGE SERVER HERE > EXCHANGE_PORT = 143 # default > USER = '' #<-- YOUR USERNAME > PWD ='' #<-- YOUR PASSWORD > > import imaplib, email > from datetime import date > > today = date.today().strftime( '"%d-%b-%Y"' ) > > imap = imaplib.IMAP4( EXCHANGE, EXCHANGE_PORT ) > imap.login( USER, PWD ) > imap.select( 'InBox' ) > > typ, data = imap.search( None, 'SINCE', today ) > for num in data[0].split(): > typ, data = imap.fetch(num, '(RFC822)') > msg = email.message_from_string(data[0][1]) > > print ( "%s, %s\n" % ( num, msg['subject'] ) ) > for part in msg.walk(): > if part.get_filename() is not None: > print ( " %s\n" % part.get_filename() ) > > imap.close() > imap.logout() > > Rob. > --http://www.victim-prime.dsl.pipex.com/
As I understand it, Exchange has to be configured specifically to allow IMAP and POP3, so this method may not work unless his admin has allowed it. Good idea though! Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
