Outlook Listener

outlook-runner.py

import win32com.client
import pythoncom
import re

class Handler_Class(object):
    def OnNewMailEx(self, receivedItemsIDs):
        # RecrivedItemIDs is a collection of mail IDs separated by a ",".
        # You know, sometimes more than 1 mail is received at the same moment.
        for ID in receivedItemsIDs.split(","):
            mail = outlook.Session.GetItemFromID(ID)
            subject = mail.Subject
            try:
                # Parse the subject line 
                command = re.search(r"whatevs", subject).group(1)
                print command # Or whatever code you wish to execute.
            except:
                pass

outlook = win32com.client.DispatchWithEvents("Outlook.Application", Handler_Class)

# an infinite loop that waits for event
pythoncom.PumpMessages() 

This is really a useful tool. I'd like to poll a shared inbox like this. I can reach the shared inbox and gather up the email there but I'd like to be notified when a new email arrives. Any ideas?

I was hoping to find an example where someone is tracking ItemAdd event. OnNewMailEx only works for the default inbox. It would be great to know how to do this with a shared inbox! Unfortunately most examples I find are in VBA and I've only a year of experience with Python.

recipient = outlook.CreateRecipient("[email protected]")
shared = outlook.GetSharedDefaultFolder(recipient, 6)

Did either of you find any examples using ItemAdd? I'm trying to do the same thing (monitor a non-default inbox for new messages) using Python.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41057336/win32com-client-dispatchwithevents-for-multiple-objects-in-the-same-thread