Use perl to create outlook .msg file

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

Hi all,

I am using perl on windows and would like to know how to create an outlook email file (.msg)?

Essentially, what I need to create is a file exactly equal to one created by this process:
1. You compose an email in outlook
2. Add To, CC, Subject, HTML Body and do not send it yet but save it as a .msg file on hard-drive.
3. When you open the .msg file from your hard-drive, it automatically opens the email in edit mode and its ready for you to review/send.

Now, I have already written another perl program which auto generates the To,CC,Subject and HTML Body of the email. I need to know how to use PERL to create a .msg file with this information in it, on the hard-drive. I do not want PERL to actually send the message - it just has to create this editable .msg file.

The reason I don't want to send the email but rather create a .msg file is because the system in which these perl programs run does not have outlook configured (cannot be configured due to firewall/designed to not be able to access Exchange Server, although Outlook is installed on this system) and therefore I need PERL to just create the .msg file which I can copy over to another system where I can just open it in Outlook installed there and review it/send it.

I have already looked at other Outlook related posts in perlmonks but did not find one dealing with just creating a msg file as opposed to actually sending the email.

Appreciate if you can help

Thanks

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Re: Use perl to create outlook .msg file by Anonymous Monk on Jan 07, 2012 at 03:53 UTC
cpan://outlook Mail::Outlook::Message `use Mail::Outlook; my $outlook = new Mail::Outlook(); # create a message for sending my $message = $outlook->create(); $message->To('you@example.com'); $message->Cc('Them <them@example.com>'); $message->Bcc('Us <us@example.com>; anybody@example.com'); $message->Subject('Blah Blah Blah'); $message->Body('Yadda Yadda Yadda'); $message->Attach(@lots_of_files); $message->Attach(@more_files); # attachments are appended $message->Attach($one_file); # so multiple calls are allowed $message->save;` [download] nah Email::Outlook::Message.pm - Read Outlook .msg files http://www.fileformat.info/format/outlookmsg/# Outlook MSG file format COM stuctured storage OLE2 compound documents So ole storage, ddg://perl OLE storage outlook .msg, ddg://site:perlmonks.org OLE storage outlook .msg	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Use perl to create outlook .msg file by aravinds (Initiate) on Jan 07, 2012 at 15:39 UTC
Hi Anonymous Monk, Thanks for your time. $message->save; saves it in the Drafts folder within Outlook, but I need the program to create a file on the harddrive as a physical file (.msg). Did not find any useful code snippets on the duckduckgo search engine either.	[reply]
Re^3: Use perl to create outlook .msg file by kean (Sexton) on Mar 16, 2012 at 12:32 UTC
The solution is: $message->SaveAs('C:\test.msg');	[reply]
Re^4: Use perl to create outlook .msg file by Anonymous Monk on Apr 29, 2014 at 11:28 UTC
Re^5: Use perl to create outlook .msg file by Anonymous Monk on Apr 29, 2014 at 11:42 UTC
Re^3: Use perl to create outlook .msg file by Anonymous Monk on Jan 07, 2012 at 22:44 UTC
Um, go to MSDN, find the message object , look for save, save_to, etc, etc	[reply]
Re^2: Use perl to create outlook .msg file by Anonymous Monk on Jun 25, 2015 at 02:58 UTC
I tried this, but it seems to my situation that I cannot create $outlook = new Mail::Outlook()... it always return undef... I don't know why... I have outlook 2007 and installed the perl module Email-Outlook	[reply]
Re^3: Use perl to create outlook .msg file by QM (Parson) on Jun 25, 2015 at 07:49 UTC
You have commented on an old node, anonymously. Get a login, it's cheap, and then you can search more easily for your own posts, and get /msgs. You would do better to start a new post, referencing this thread, and show the code you used (see How do I post a question effectively?). -QM -- Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of	[reply]