Python and microsoft outlook-using com, can I interact with msoutlook?

[Daniel Dittmar]

brandon.mcginty at gmail.com wrote:
> Hi All,
> I know that Microsoft Exchange has a com interface, CDO, but I can't seem to
> find one for Microsoft outlook.
> does anyone have code snippets for using msoutlook and python, or
> suggestions?

You can use CDO to manage your Inbox, send mail etc.

The following functions navigate to a certain folder and parse every 
message text for a certain regular expression:

def spamstat ():
     s = Dispatch ("Mapi.Session")
     s.Logon ("Default Outlook Profile")
     junk = findJunk (s)
     rex = re.compile ('The ([0-9]+) emails listed below')
     for msg in junk.Messages:
         text = msg.Text
         match = rex.search (text)
         if match:
             date = parseDate (msg.TimeSent)
             print (date, int (match.group (1)))

def findJunk (s):
     inbox = s.Inbox
     for folder in s.Inbox.Folders:
         if folder.Name == 'Junk':
             return folder


See the Spambayes Outlook plugin (http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/) for 
a complex example.

Daniel