''' This file is part of PM4Py (More Info: https://pm4py.fit.fraunhofer.de). PM4Py is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. PM4Py is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with PM4Py. If not, see . ''' from typing import Optional def connect(email_user: Optional[str], mailbox_id: int): """ Returns a mailbox object from the local Outlook instance. Parameters ------------- email_user E-mail address to use mailbox_id ID of the mailbox to use: * 5 = outbox * 6 = inbox * 9 = calendar Returns ------------- mailbox_obj Mailbox object """ import pythoncom pythoncom.CoInitialize() import win32com.client outlook = win32com.client.Dispatch('Outlook.Application').GetNamespace('MAPI') mailbox_id = int(mailbox_id) if email_user is not None: recipient = outlook.CreateRecipient(email_user) recipient.Resolve() return outlook.GetSharedDefaultFolder(recipient, mailbox_id) return outlook.GetDefaultFolder(mailbox_id)