FW:Reading new mail from outlook express using Python

[SPJ]

My previous post was not clear, hence resending this.

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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



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[Grant Edwards]

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.

You can use Outlook's COM interface from Python. That allows
you to read messages from a mailbox. I don't know of any way
to get "notified", but you can use the COM interface to poll
the mailbox(es) periodically.