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Perl Outlook web access


My PC has internet access but no access to a mail server due to security reason (don't ask ;)). I have to send several mails with attachement. Usually I would do this with R or SAS. Now, I have to look for another solution. Since I have access to internet I thought to use the web access ("Outlook web app") of our institution. I would like to do this with Perl since I have some experience (data processing, regular expression) but I have no idea how to access to internet. I did some research and found some modules:
Email::Folder::Exchange: only reading mails? (I didn't success to install)
WWW::Mechanize: only webbrowsing?
It would be very helpful if somebody could give some advices.


Solution

  • Using a web mail server is "only webbrowsing", so WWW::Mechanize might do the job.

    You may find that you need support for JavaScript though (it is a web application so a dependancy on JS is not unlikely), in which case you will need a JavaScript aware backend such as WWW::Mechanize::Firefox, WWW::Selenium, or Wight.