Read emails shifted to other folders outook

Question

My intention is to have my code read all received emails (both read and unread and moved to other folders). With the following code I am only able to read some emails in the inbox folder but not the folders where the emails were moved after reading

import win32com.client

outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application").GetNamespace("MAPI")

inbox = outlook.GetDefaultFolder(6) # "6" refers to the index of a folder - in this case,
                                    # the inbox. You can change that number to reference
                                    # any other folder
messages = inbox.Items
for message in messages:
    body_content = message.body
    print (body_content)

Have a look at the folder definitions here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/39911751/8761111 Perhaps you could loop through a list of the folders you use. — Bashton, Nov 09 '21 at 08:28
Each folder can itself have folders, so write a recursive function to drill down. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/outlook.folder.folders — DS_London, Nov 09 '21 at 18:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 11 '21 at 16:20

Use MAPIFolder.Folders collection. If the folder in question is a subfolder of the Inbox folder, use

subFolder = inbox.Folders.Item("Sub folder name")

if it is on the same level as the Inbox itself, use something like

subFolder = inbox.Parent.Folders.Item("Sub folder name")

Read emails shifted to other folders outook

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