[python-win32] how to create a valid Sink

[Christian K.]

Mark Hammond wrote:
>> I'd like to ask for help on how to create a valid event Sink
>> which I can
>> pass to the Advise() method of a message stores table.
> 
> This might be tricky unless pywin32 already has support for the specific
> interface you need.

I want to receive 'new mail' notifications from Outlook.

>> Any class I made up so far gives the same error:
>>
>> File "<stdin>", line 333, in notify
>> TypeError: The Python instance can not be converted to a COM object
>>
>> So what attributes does an object need to be convertable to a
>> COM object?
> 
> It would need to be like any other pywin32 COM object; you should be able to
> find info about that on the web.

Forgive my ignorance but those are my first steps with com. Does that 
mean I should create and register a COM server?

Basically I'm trying to reimplement the following code in python:

http://www.codeproject.com/internet/CMapiEx.asp

Up to now this was straightforward, but at this point I'm stuck.

Thanks for any help, Christian