Well, if you want a really backwards way to do it ( which is how I do it! ), i do it like the following:
1. Set up a complex rule in Outlook so that when a message arrives, the following sequence occurs:
a) Outlook can start up a program for you in the rule, i use it to start my perl program, which waits for:
b) Run the following VB script to save the email to a local file, which your perl script is polling 
Sub WriteEmailToFile(MyMail As MailItem)
    Dim myMailEntryID As String
    Dim myMailBody As String
    Dim outlookNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
    Dim outlookMail As Outlook.MailItem

    myMailEntryID = MyMail.EntryID
    Set outlookNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set outlookMail = outlookNameSpace.GetItemFromID(myMailEntryID)
    
    Set fileSystemObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
     / you can create a dynamic text file name is you want...
    Set textFile = fileSystemObject.CreateTextFile("c:\temp\OutlookEma
+il.txt", True)
    textFile.WriteLine (outlookMail.SenderEmailAddress)
    textFile.WriteLine (outlookMail.SentOn)
    textFile.WriteLine (outlookMail.Subject)
    
    outlookMailBody = outlookMail.Body
    
    'strip non-printing characters
    For x = 127 To 255
       While InStr(outlookMailBody, Chr(x)) > 0
          outlookMailBody = Replace(outlookMailBody, Chr(x), "")
       Wend
    Next x
    
    textFile.WriteLine (outlookMailBody)
    textFile.Close
End Sub

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In reply to Re^3: is it possible to use Perl to process Outlook emails? by ~~David~~
in thread is it possible to use Perl to process Outlook emails? by mertserger

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