I've had good success using Perl to connect to a MS Outlook mail server by using the MAIL::IMAPClient module and talking to the server via the IMAP protocol. The O'Reilly book "Programming Internet Email" ( http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progintemail/ ) has a good section on this type of thing.
____________________ Chris Spurgeon Senior Design Technologist [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRONIC INK One South Broad Street 19th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107 www.electronicink.com t 215.922.3800 x(233) f 215.922.3880 -----Original Message----- From: Clive Lansink [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Extracting messages from Outlook Hi. I would like to be able to retrieve messages using a Perl script from an Outlook 2000 mailbox. I am currently searching for anything to give me a head start. I've found something that claims to do this for Outlook Express but on further investigation it seems this is designed to run on Unix and attempts to directly interpret the file. I think on a Windows system it should be possible to do this directly through the Outlook objects. But it strikes me that someone may well have done this already so any suggestions to point me in the right direction would be much appreciated. Cheers. CJL Clive Lansink Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +64 9 520-4242 Fax: +64 21 789-150 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail is intended solely for the above-mentioned recipient and it may contain confidential or privileged information. If you have received it in error, please notify us immediately and delete the e-mail. You must not copy, distribute, disclose or take any action in reliance on it. In addition, the contents of an attachment to this e-mail may contain software viruses which could damage your own computer system. While Electronic Ink, Inc. and E Ink Ltd have taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, we cannot accept liability for any damage which you sustain as a result of software viruses. You should perform your own virus checks before opening the attachment. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
