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Read emails without GUI interaction

sindujaNehruji1 — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 11:03:00 GMT

Hi,

Is it possible to read emails from shared mail box without GUI interaction? I know there is an option in MS Outlook vbo to read mails from shared mail box, but is it possible to achieve the same from backend?

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sinduja Nehruji
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RE: Read emails without GUI interaction

michaeloneil — Thu, 25 Nov 2021 11:59:00 GMT

Hi Sinduja

Are you using the out the box MS Outlook vbo? this shouldnt use the gui it creates an instance into outlook when getting emails but doesnt launch the application or interact with the UI. It is possible to get emails from outlook server using smtp/pop3 actions but you would need to get the port and server details from your IT to do this.

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Michael ONeil
Technical Lead developer
Everis Consultancy
Europe/London
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RE: Read emails without GUI interaction

Devendra_KumarP — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 03:53:00 GMT

Hi Sinduja,

You can use SMTP to get email without Launching / interacting with GUI.

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Devendra Kumar Prajapati
Tech Lead
Infosys
Europe/London
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RE: Read emails without GUI interaction

devneetmohanty07 — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 06:20:00 GMT

Hi Sinduja,

In order to read email without using the Outlook GUI, you can either use the out of the box Outlook VBO as suggested by Michael. Also, there used to be another VBO which does not uses any Interop DLL but directly uses the creates an Outlook application object.

Also, please note that you can use the 'SMPTP/POP3' action if you have the POP3 server details and port number. For reading emails, you need to use POP3 protocol while for sending email SMTP is used.

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Regards,
Devneet Mohanty
Intelligent Automation Consultant
Blueprism 6x Certified Professional
Website: https://devneet.github.io/
Email: devneetmohanty07@gmail.com
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RE: Read emails without GUI interaction

sindujaNehruji1 — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 07:09:00 GMT

Hi Devneet,

Thanks for your response. Where could I find the out of the box Outlook VBO. I hope it is different from the MS Outlook VBO that we use?

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sinduja Nehruji
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RE: Read emails without GUI interaction

michaeloneil — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:38:00 GMT

Hi Sinduja

The out the box vbo for outlook is found in the blueprism installation folder in the subfolder 'VBO' e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Blue Prism Limited\Blue Prism Automate\VBO\BPA Object - MS Outlook Email

There was another one available on the dx but I cant seem to find it anymore so I have added it here for you.

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Michael ONeil
Technical Lead developer
Everis Consultancy
Europe/London
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RE: Read emails without GUI interaction

michaeloneil — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:49:00 GMT

added file

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Michael ONeil
Technical Lead developer
Everis Consultancy
Europe/London
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RE: Read emails without GUI interaction

sindujaNehruji1 — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 14:46:00 GMT

Hi Michael

Thanks for your response. I will try using this object.

Thanks
Sinduja

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sinduja Nehruji
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