New email -- Save to Text

[bartekd]

Hello All,

Is there a script that anyone has created that auto-saves incoming emails as txt in a directory? The subject and body should be readable somehow.

[water]

Which mail client do you use?

[bartekd]

I use outlook. Either version 2000 or 2003.

[water]

Unfortunately Outlook has to be version 2007 or later for AutoIt to be able to access events (like: "New Mail").

But you could try the other way round. Define a rule in Outlook to start your AutoIt script when a new mail arrives.

[bartekd]

Ya I could do that. Im not too sure where to start.

I want it to save the email to text and maybe delete it. Do you know how I could accomplish that?

[water]

First step would be to verify that Outlook 2000 or 2003 let you create a rule that executes a program when a new mail arrives (named "Run a Script Rule").

I run Outlook 2010 so can't check.

Edited December 10, 2012 by water

[bartekd]

Yes, I see the option to start an application if a email comes in. See below:

[water]

Looks like you need to use VBA to process an incoming mail in Outlook 2000. VBS doesn't work according to this article or this MSDN article.

Upgrading to Outlook 2007 isn't an option? Then it could easily be written in AutoIt.

[bartekd]

hmm, thats too bad. No I can't upgrade to 2007 because we don't have the license for it. Any other solutions?

[czardas]

Have you tried to grab the text directly from the browser for this? It might be a viable alternative to trying to automate Outlook.

[water]

Another approach is to check the inbox for new (=unread) mails in a loop.

This takes some processing power and isn't 100% save.

IIRC the OutlookEX help & support thread has an example script.

[bartekd]

Ill take a look and see what I can find. The OutlookEX script is compatible with outlook 2000?

[water]

I have tested it with Outlook 2002 (XP) and Outlook 2010. I think it should work with Outlook 2000 as well.

[bartekd]

Thanks again Water. ill try and let you know.

[bartekd]

Sorry to go back to this. I have the work around which interfaces with the outlook 2000 and saves the email to HTML. So its working ok... but I would like it to be un-attended (in case the script fails, I have to keep half an eye on it).

Is there any way of using SMTP to retrieve an email, save it as HTML to a folder, and then delete it from the email server? I looked around and there is lots of scripts for sending through SMTP but none that retrieve.

[danielcovington]

Here is a link to a free COM object that can retrive email with POP, that you can automate with Auto-it. Download it, register it with regsvr32. Follow the documentation to create your script.

http://www.system-engine.com/EmiaCtrlLite/

[bartekd]

Thanks. Does that COM object support saving the HTML code of the email to a file? I can't see the instructions anywhere.

[danielcovington]

It does. Look around the site a little it has VBscript examples to look at. I downloaded it and used it. Seems to be what you are asking for. It will download the messages to a string which you can then save to a file.

[bartekd]

Would you be able to provide me the piece of code of what to do? Sorry I am not too familiar with VB and what needs to be done.

[danielcovington]

You must register the dll first. Fill in the

server,port,username,password in the functions. Also make sure if you are using a 64 bit OS that you run the script in 32bit mode or it will not work

#Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****
#AutoIt3Wrapper_Outfile=pop_test.exe
#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n
#EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****

dim $stat
$pop_mail = ObjCreate("EmiaLITE.SendRetrieve")

$pop_mail.set_POP3(server,port,username,password)

$stat = $pop_mail.get_stat()
;this will get how many emails you have and the size of the mail box
ConsoleWrite($stat.MessageCount&@CRLF&$stat.BoxSize&@CRLF)
$pop_mail = ""
$pop_mail = ObjCreate("EmiaLITE.SendRetrieve")
$pop_mail.set_POP3(server,port,username,password)
$pop_mail.connect_messageX_POP3()
;this will retrieve the 1st email from the server but not delete it off the server and display it in the console
;you can assign this to a variable and save it to a text file
;you will need to manipulate the string to get what you want from the string


ConsoleWrite($pop_mail.get_message(1,0))