MailItem Object

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Represents a mail message in an Inbox (mail) folder.

Using the MailItem Object

Use the CreateItem method to create a MailItem object that represents a new mail message. The following example creates and displays a new mail message.

  Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set myItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
myItem.Display

Use Items(index), where index is the index number of a mail message or a value used to match the default property of a message, to return a single MailItem object from an Inbox folder. The following example sets the current folder as the Inbox and displays the second mail message in the folder.

  Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set myNamespace = myOlApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
myFolder.Display
Set myItem = myFolder.Items(2)
myItem.Display