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Malcoto
Malcoto

Reputation: 99

Bypassing security box when reading outlook messages using python win32com.client dispatch or dispatchex

I'm reading messages from an outlook inbox and am opening outlook with the following command in python 3.6:

outlook=win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")

The problem that I'm having is that whenever I do this, the user then has to manually got to their outlook and allow an outside program to read messages. I'm wondering if there's a way to get around this problem.

It seems that using:

outlook=win32com.client.DispatchEx("Outlook.Application")

could help by opening outlook in a different account that doesn't require the user's allowance, but I can't find documentation on what that command actually does.

After opening outlook I want to be able to use it in the following way:

# Open a msg file using outlook.
msg = outlook.OpenSharedItem(abs_path)

# Extract text from the message.
all_text = "Subject:\n" + msg.Subject + "\n\n"
all_text += "Body:\n" + msg.Body

How should I try to open outlook/ rewrite my code in a way that doesn't require the user to manually allow my program access? Also, side note, is there a good way to prevent the processes I do in outlook from opening any windows on my computer?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 666

Answers (1)

Dmitry Streblechenko
Dmitry Streblechenko

Reputation: 66341

In a nutshell, installing an up-to-date antivirus app would get rid of the security prompts. If you cannot control the environment, there are ways to work around them programmatically. See http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=52 for more details.

Upvotes: 1

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