[python-win32] help with parsing email

[Tim Roberts]

Mike Driscoll wrote:
> Ahmed, Shakir wrote:
>> but I am getting error before that point and could not go to the user
>> account or pass.
>>
>> M =oplib.POP3(mailserver)
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
>>   File "C:\Python24\lib\poplib.py", line 96, in __init__
>>     raise socket.error, msg
>> error: (10061, 'Connection refused')
>>
>>
>>   
>
> Some POP3 servers require secure connections too. I've dealt with one
> that had TLS enabled, so I had to use an external TLS Python module to
> connect to it. I would check Outlook's settings and see if it has SSL
> or TLS enabled.

I thought I wrote this to the list, but I don't see it.

Outlook and Exchange communicate through a private set of protocols. 
They do not use POP.  The POP gateway is an optional extension for
Exchange, and in many corporate environments it is disabled.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.