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Is it possible to incorporate message items obtained from Outlook in Python for loop processing, as I seem to be overlooking a vital aspect?

asked 2022-08-19 11:00:00 +0000

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answered 2022-12-13 11:00:00 +0000

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Yes, it is possible to incorporate message items obtained from Outlook in Python for loop processing. You would need to use the Outlook API or a Python library such as pywin32 or win32com to access the Outlook application, retrieve the message items, and iterate over them using a for loop.

Here is an example code snippet that retrieves all message items from the Inbox folder and prints the subject and sender of each message:

import win32com.client

outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
inbox = outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6) # 6 corresponds to the Inbox folder

messages = inbox.Items

for message in messages:
    print("Subject:", message.Subject)
    print("From:", message.SenderName)

You can then add your own processing logic within the for loop to perform additional operations on each message item as needed.

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