Moving emails in outlook between folders while inputing the subject list, and restrictring certain conditions

Question

I'm trying to search "All Outlook Items" and then find emails based on the subject list I input into the code. Once the email is found, it is moved to another folder and marked as "Task Complete" (The green check in the emails).

However, I'm having a couple of errors when trying to run the code. If anyone can guide me it'd be amazing.

Here's the code:

import win32com.client 


Email = 'johndoe@gmail.com'
subjects = input("Enter a list of subjects separated by commas: ").split(",")
MoveToFolder = "folder1"
Iter_Folder = "folder2"

def find_and_download_case_number_related_emails():

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

    Lookin_Folder = Outlook_Location.Folders[Email].Folders[Iter_Folder]
    Out_MoveToFolder = Outlook_Location.Folders[Email].Folders[MoveToFolder]

    for message in Lookin_Folder:
        if message.TaskCompleted:
            continue
        for message in Lookin_Folder:
            if message.Subject in subjects:
                message.Move(Out_MoveToFolder)

    for message in Out_MoveToFolder:
        message.MarkAsTaskCompleted()
if __name__ == "__main__":
    find_and_download_case_number_related_emails()

and here's the error I'm getting at the moment:

    raise AttributeError("%s.%s" % (self._username_, attr))
AttributeError: <unknown>.Items. Did you mean: 'Item'?

So I made a couple of changes to the code, and think it's almost ready to go. I'm not sure how to implement the restriction on an email as of yet. — Jose Daniel Rojas, Jan 18 '23 at 19:57
see example restriction https://stackoverflow.com/a/61091622/4539709 — 0m3r, Jan 18 '23 at 22:25
and how to loop on folders https://stackoverflow.com/a/72211042/4539709 — 0m3r, Jan 18 '23 at 22:26

Eugene Astafiev · Answer 1 · 2023-01-19T11:50:21.177

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The following line of code contains a wrong property call:

outlook.Folders.Items.Restrict

The Folders class doesn't provide the Items property. You need to get a Folder instance and only then use Items property.

I'd suggest using the NameSpace.GetDefaultFolder method which returns a Folder object that represents the default folder of the requested type for the current profile; for example, obtains the default Inbox folder for the user who is currently logged on.

To understand how the Restrict or Find/FindNext methods work in Outlook you may take a look at the following articles that I wrote for the technical blog:

edited Jan 19 '23 at 11:50

answered Jan 18 '23 at 11:23

Eugene Astafiev

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The thing is, I need the code to go through all of the folders – Jose Daniel Rojas Jan 18 '23 at 18:37
So I made some changes to the code, and I think it's almost ready to go. However I'm not sure how to include a restriction to a specific email. – Jose Daniel Rojas Jan 18 '23 at 19:53
I've added some links to read about the Restrict or Find/FindNext methods. – Eugene Astafiev Jan 19 '23 at 11:50

Moving emails in outlook between folders while inputing the subject list, and restrictring certain conditions

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