How to obtain internet headers from Outlook

c.ciprian · February 18, 2021, 8:00am

Hi,

I did not find any method to obtain the Internet Headers from a MailMessage that I have retrieved from Outlook.
I have tried both Get Outlook Mail Messages and Get Exchange Mail Messages. I need to get all the details without using the Outlook interface or saving the messages to disk (might contain malware)

Internet Headers Example

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Nithinkrishna · February 18, 2021, 8:23am

Hey @c.ciprian,

The details is mostly present in mail header. You can please try the below…

Hope this helps…

Thanks
Nithin

c.ciprian · February 18, 2021, 8:36am

Hi @Nithinkrishna,

This returns MailMessage object that does not contain the internet headers with the path followed by the email.

Nithinkrishna · February 18, 2021, 8:42am

Hey @c.ciprian

This can throw some light !

c.ciprian · February 18, 2021, 8:46am

This still implies modifications (macros) in Office, that I’m trying to avoid.

Nithinkrishna · February 18, 2021, 8:47am

Yep, But you may need to apply using it in UiPath.

Something like accessing mails from outlook application object, instead of going to get mail activity as it is limited to use mail message object.

#nK

c.ciprian · February 18, 2021, 9:02am

Could you help me with a sample flow?

ppr · February 18, 2021, 9:15am

kindly note as well and be aware of custom header fields set by the sending application:

c.ciprian · February 18, 2021, 10:16am

I am aware. But the elements available do not contain the Internet Headers

wasea · February 18, 2021, 1:16pm

Hi @c.ciprian ,

i did not tested, but you might need to use Invoke code, and get the desired results.
Anyway, curious if a stable / good solution exist for this.

Vasile.

c.ciprian · February 18, 2021, 1:59pm

This is a working example as macro in Outlook. How do I make it work in UiPath?

Sub ViewInternetHeader()
    Dim olItem As Outlook.MailItem, olMsg As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim strheader As String

    For Each olItem In Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection
        strheader = GetInetHeaders(olItem)
    
        Set olMsg = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
        With olMsg 
            .BodyFormat = olFormatPlain
            .Body = strheader
            .Display
        End With
    Next
    Set olMsg = Nothing
End Sub

Function GetInetHeaders(olkMsg As Outlook.MailItem) As String
    ' Purpose: Returns the internet headers of a message.'
    ' Written: 4/28/2009'
    ' Author:  BlueDevilFan'
    ' //techniclee.wordpress.com/
    ' Outlook: 2007'
    Const PR_TRANSPORT_MESSAGE_HEADERS = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x007D001E"
    Dim olkPA As Outlook.PropertyAccessor
    Set olkPA = olkMsg.PropertyAccessor
    GetInetHeaders = olkPA.GetProperty(PR_TRANSPORT_MESSAGE_HEADERS)
    Set olkPA = Nothing
End Function

c.ciprian · March 26, 2021, 3:58pm

Solution:
Using Alphabet activities convert the MailMessage to MailItem, then Invoke Code as below

Dim olkPA As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.PropertyAccessor
olkPA = MyMessage.PropertyAccessor
MyHeader = olkPA.GetProperty("http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x007D001E").ToString
olkPA = Nothing

system · March 29, 2021, 3:59pm

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