Automate Email attachment download by python script for reporting needs

Question

Hi Team,

We have one usecase where customer reports in excel are sent as attachment over email ID and we could subscribe those report to receive on daily bases.

We are looking to subscribe those reports for daily and automate process to download attachment by python script for reporting needs. Is it possible or any alternative to automate this process?

Answer 1

Do we have any other solution ? Getting issue with Mac because of

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'win32com'

Answer 2

Hi Sourabh Jain

Thanks for reaching out to Microsoft Q&A forum support 

Based on your description, I understand that you're looking for a Python script to automate the process of downloading attachments from Outlook emails. 

As I am forum moderator, I cannot give you the definitive solution due to the limitation of capabilities and accessibility, however, I've done some research and found a helpful guide that addresses your concern. You can refer to the instructions at the following link:  

Python_For_RF_Optimization_And_Planning_Engineer/pst_attachmets_working/subject_today_inbox_folders.md at main.GitHub 

Note: Microsoft is providing this information as a convenience to you. The sites are not controlled by Microsoft. Microsoft cannot make any representations regarding the quality, safety, or suitability of any software or information found there. Please make sure that you completely understand the risk before retrieving any suggestions from the above link 

Hope my answer will help you, for any further support, let me know in the comment section 

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