# Access Outlook from Rails App?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-outlook-from-rails-app/128145>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 5, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-outlook-from-rails-app/128145 "2008-02-05T11:47:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![peterbe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peterbe](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/peterbe)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/access-outlook-from-rails-app/128145/1 "2008-02-05T11:47:08Z")

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Hi Folks,

is there a way to access the Outlook-Folders from a visitor to a hosted  
Rails Application? For example get the emails the visitor has in his  
Outlook and show them on the website. I read about “WIN32OLE” and  
wondered if it is also possible to use it via the web in a Rails App.

Would be nice to hear some hints on that because I am not so much into  
networking.

Barnaba