tjmako 1 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I'm using 4.2.20 I have a bot that needs to be able to click a link in the content of a message received throught Hotmail (Actually, Outlook - the new version of Hotmail if that matters) The bot is able to click anything that's part of the Outlook interface. For example, it clicks these successfully: Inbox button, junk folder button, logout button, "show images" link inside the e-mail, etc. However, when it comes to clicking the actual links inside of ANY e-mail, it won't work. I have tried manually clicking inside the browser window, and strangely this doesn't work either. Again, it doesn't matter which e-mail I try, it won't click any content links inside the e-mail itself. I have tried several different user agents. That doesn't seem to make a difference. Any idea how to fix this? Is it a bug? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ecbzh 47 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Try to scrape the href data from the link, then navigate to it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tjmako 1 Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 Thanks, that's a good work-around, but I need it to seem as if the click is actually coming from within outlook. Scraping the URL and navigating to it won't accomplish that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neutralhatter 0 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 maybe that's because every link you receive is a bit different? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tjmako 1 Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 The ones I'm actually trying to click are all the same, but no links work inside the e-mail content when clicked within ubot. Not even the e-mails from Microsoft that you get when you sign up. I can't even click them manually (as opposed to clicking them automatically with my bot). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neutralhatter 0 Posted August 2, 2013 Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 best to do what ecbzh says, .... these types of links are pretty easy to solve that way... imagine having this problem with a button. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tjmako 1 Posted August 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2013 This is actually a bug, I believe.I just downgraded to 4.2.9 and now I'm able to click on links inside of any e-mail within Outlook. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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