read email from outlook php from local pc

email, outlook, php

Solution

Not sure why you would want to try to get this from a LOCAL mail file on a 'single' pc, I would rather attack this from a `POP3/IMAP` route, it would THEN be a PHP based mail client, or whatever you need it for (fetching mail, filtering, checking, triggering an event, etc;).

But what you describe is just not feasible for anything, I can't see a client paying to have simple client mail accessed via PHP.

Here are some PHP / Email reading references:

- http://garrettstjohn.com/entry/reading-emails-with-php/

- http://davidwalsh.name/gmail-php-imap

- http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp/15/6/3

Problem

I have a strange requirement. I need to read the outlook emails from a local pc using php . I will get user credentials. so is there any way to do this ? it need to work well in all major browsers. Thanks.

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