Junk character while reading email body in python using win32com.client

Question

I am trying to read email body As bellow but getting junk characters

for account in EmailsAccounts:
    print(account)
    inbox = outlook.Folders(account).Folders('Inbox')
    messages=inbox.Items
    print(len(messages))
    for mail in messages:
        body = mail.Body
        print(body.encode('utf-8'))

@EugeneAstafiev, when i tried with HTMLBody. i am getting HTMLBody not defined error — Dinesh Chowdary, Feb 18 '22 at 17:52
when i read subject , i am able to get as text but only body of the mail is coming as junk — Dinesh Chowdary, Feb 18 '22 at 18:27
you could show what characteds you get, and what charactes you expected. — furas, Feb 18 '22 at 20:09
`encode()` is converting `string` to `bytes` and it may looks different than you expect. Maybe you shouldn't use `encode()`. Other common problem is that mails send text in different encoding then `utf-8` - ie in `latin1`. — furas, Feb 18 '22 at 20:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 18 '22 at 17:53

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If the problem is related to encoding message bodies, try to use the following code instead:

print (mail.Body.encode('utf8'))

See Is there a way to get around unicode issues when using win32api/com modules in python 3? for more information.

If it is another problem I'd suggest check the message type - an Outlook folder may contain different kind of items such as appointments, tasks, documents or mail items.

answered Feb 18 '22 at 17:53

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using above solution i am getting hex character as bellow b'\xe6\xa0\ , is there way to convert in text formate – Dinesh Chowdary Feb 18 '22 at 18:02
It makes sense to check out how it works with VBA macros. Do you get the same picture? – Eugene Astafiev Feb 18 '22 at 20:00
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bellow thread is solving in VBA same solution i am looking python https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook_com/forum/all/problem-in-vba-reading-text-from-body-of-out-of/1d8ca369-a4c0-41da-9d28-3f490de3ed8c – Dinesh Chowdary Feb 24 '22 at 13:44

Junk character while reading email body in python using win32com.client

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