Get all emails from outlook inbox using Python and save them into a local folder

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I want to save all my email messages from the inbox folder of outlook using Python. I can save the First or the last messages but couldn't understand how to get all the messages of the folder. Hence, I was trying to use a loop to iterate the code for all mails. I have tried to use the following code:

from win32com.client import Dispatch
import os
import re
os.chdir("D:\\emails")

outlook = Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
inbox = outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6)
print(inbox)
messages = inbox.items
message = messages.GetLast()
name = str(message.subject)
name = re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]+', '', name)+'.msg'
for message in messages:
   message.SaveAs(os.getcwd()+'//'+name)

This is not giving me any errors, but saving only the last mail, instead of saving all emails. Could you please help me to rectify the code. Thanks.

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pythonloopsemailoutlook

2 Answers

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votes

The problem is below

message = messages.GetLast()
name = str(message.subject)

and

message.SaveAs(os.getcwd()+'//'+name)

You calculate the name once (before the loop) and use it in the loop.

You need to calculate the name during the loop.

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votes

The full code would look something like this.... (I got this answer from balderman)

from win32com.client import Dispatch
import os
import re
os.chdir("D:\\email")

outlook = Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")
inbox = outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6)
messages = inbox.items
for message in messages:
    message = messages.GetNext()
    name = str(message.subject)
    name = re.sub('[^A-Za-z0-9]+', '', name)+'.msg'    
    message.SaveAs(os.getcwd()+'//'+name)