Getting message property from outlook mail item

yaronba has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi,

I'm trying to get the 'To' property out of an item I'm fetching from a subFolder named qa1 :

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my $mm = $mail->GetNamespace("MAPI");
my $Folder = $mm->Folders("Personal Folders");
my $client_folder = $Folder->Folders("qa1");
my $Item = $client_folder->Items;
my $last_email = $Item->GetLast();
if ($last_email->{Class} eq olMail) {
         print $last_email->{To};
}
...
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for some reason - the 'To' property is undefined...(ans that is so for the rest of the mail properties...)

How can I get it to see who sent me the mail ?

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Re: Getting message property from outlook mail item by kwaping (Priest) on Jan 25, 2006 at 16:31 UTC
What class of object is `$mail`?	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Getting message property from outlook mail item by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 25, 2006 at 17:18 UTC
You need to read more about the objects you're using. For eaxmple, `my $Item = $client_folder->Items;` should be `foreach my $Item (in $client_folder->Items) {` ~~`in` is imported using `use Win32::OLE qw( in );`~~ Update: According to Errto, `my $Item = $client_folder->Items; my $last_email = $Item->GetLast();` [download] is functionally correct, but would be more accurate as `my $Items = $client_folder->Items; my $last_email = $Items->GetLast();` [download] or simply `my $last_email = $client_folder->Items->GetLast();` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Getting message property from outlook mail item by Errto (Vicar) on Jan 25, 2006 at 17:31 UTC
According to MSDN, `GetLast` is a method of the `Items` collection itself so there should be no need to use `in`. Granted the OP is asking for trouble by calling the Items collection `$Item` but from what I can see there's no problem in the code.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Getting message property from outlook mail item by Win (Novice) on Jan 25, 2006 at 17:26 UTC
I don't understand that bit. How does it all work - the importation bit I mean?	[reply]
Re^3: Getting message property from outlook mail item by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jan 25, 2006 at 17:40 UTC
Replace `use Win32::OLE;` with `use Win32::OLE qw( in );` and you'll have access to the `in` function.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Getting message property from outlook mail item by Errto (Vicar) on Jan 25, 2006 at 17:39 UTC
The basic outline of your code looks ok to me, but I notice two things. One is that you're using the wrong property name - `SenderName` is the correct property if you want the name of the sender. The other is that you need to make sure you click Yes on the security warning popup that will appear in Outlook when your code tries to access that information.	[reply] [d/l]