#!/usr/bin/env python """module to send mail with Extended MAPI using the pywin32 mapi wrappers...""" # this was based on Jason Hattingh's C++ code at http://www.codeproject.com/internet/mapadmin.asp # written by David Fraser and Stephen Emslie # you can test this by changing the variables at the bottom and running from the command line from win32com.mapi import mapi, mapitags def SendEMAPIMail( Subject="", Message="", SendTo=None, SendCC=None, SendBCC=None, MAPIProfile=None ): """Sends an email to the recipient using the extended MAPI interface Subject and Message are strings Send{To,CC,BCC} are comma-separated address lists MAPIProfile is the name of the MAPI profile""" # initialize and log on mapi.MAPIInitialize(None) session = mapi.MAPILogonEx( 0, MAPIProfile, None, mapi.MAPI_EXTENDED | mapi.MAPI_USE_DEFAULT ) messagestorestable = session.GetMsgStoresTable(0) messagestorestable.SetColumns( (mapitags.PR_ENTRYID, mapitags.PR_DISPLAY_NAME_A, mapitags.PR_DEFAULT_STORE), 0 ) while True: rows = messagestorestable.QueryRows(1, 0) # if this is the last row then stop if len(rows) != 1: break row = rows[0] # if this is the default store then stop if (mapitags.PR_DEFAULT_STORE, True) in row: break # unpack the row and open the message store (eid_tag, eid), (name_tag, name), (def_store_tag, def_store) = row msgstore = session.OpenMsgStore( 0, eid, None, mapi.MDB_NO_DIALOG | mapi.MAPI_BEST_ACCESS ) # get the outbox hr, props = msgstore.GetProps((mapitags.PR_IPM_OUTBOX_ENTRYID), 0) (tag, eid) = props[0] # check for errors if mapitags.PROP_TYPE(tag) == mapitags.PT_ERROR: raise TypeError("got PT_ERROR instead of PT_BINARY: %s" % eid) outboxfolder = msgstore.OpenEntry(eid, None, mapi.MAPI_BEST_ACCESS) # create the message and the addrlist message = outboxfolder.CreateMessage(None, 0) # note: you can use the resolveaddress functions for this. but you may get headaches pal = [] def makeentry(recipient, recipienttype): return ( (mapitags.PR_RECIPIENT_TYPE, recipienttype), (mapitags.PR_SEND_RICH_INFO, False), (mapitags.PR_DISPLAY_TYPE, 0), (mapitags.PR_OBJECT_TYPE, 6), (mapitags.PR_EMAIL_ADDRESS_A, recipient), (mapitags.PR_ADDRTYPE_A, "SMTP"), (mapitags.PR_DISPLAY_NAME_A, recipient), ) if SendTo: pal.extend( [makeentry(recipient, mapi.MAPI_TO) for recipient in SendTo.split(",")] ) if SendCC: pal.extend( [makeentry(recipient, mapi.MAPI_CC) for recipient in SendCC.split(",")] ) if SendBCC: pal.extend( [makeentry(recipient, mapi.MAPI_BCC) for recipient in SendBCC.split(",")] ) # add the resolved recipients to the message message.ModifyRecipients(mapi.MODRECIP_ADD, pal) message.SetProps([(mapitags.PR_BODY_A, Message), (mapitags.PR_SUBJECT_A, Subject)]) # save changes and submit outboxfolder.SaveChanges(0) message.SubmitMessage(0) if __name__ == "__main__": MAPIProfile = "" # Change this to a valid email address to test SendTo = "an.invalid at address" SendMessage = "testing one two three" SendSubject = "Testing Extended MAPI!!" SendEMAPIMail(SendSubject, SendMessage, SendTo, MAPIProfile=MAPIProfile)