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Represents a mail message.

The MailItem type exposes the following members.

Properties

  Name Description
Public property Actions Returns an Actions collection that represents all the available actions for the item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property AlternateRecipientAllowed Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) that is True if the mail message can be forwarded. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Application Returns an Application object that represents the parent Outlook application for the object. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Attachments Returns an Attachments object that represents all the attachments for the specified item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property AutoForwarded A Boolean (bool in C#) value that returns True if the item was automatically forwarded. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property AutoResolvedWinner Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) that determines if the item is a winner of an automatic conflict resolution. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property BCC Returns a String (string in C#) representing the display list of blind carbon copy (BCC) names for a MailItem. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property BillingInformation Returns or sets a String (string in C#) representing the billing information associated with the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Body Returns or sets a String (string in C#) representing the clear-text body of the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property BodyFormat Returns or sets an OlBodyFormat constant indicating the format of the body text. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Categories Returns or sets a String (string in C#) representing the categories assigned to the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property CC Returns a String (string in C#) representing the display list of carbon copy (CC) names for a MailItem. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Class Returns an OlObjectClass constant indicating the object's class. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Companies Returns or sets a String (string in C#) representing the names of the companies associated with the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Conflicts Return the Conflicts object that represents the items that are in conflict for any Outlook item object. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ConversationID Returns a String (string in C#) that uniquely identifies a Conversation object that the MailItem object belongs to. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ConversationIndex Returns a String (string in C#) representing the index of the conversation thread of the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ConversationTopic Returns a String (string in C#) representing the topic of the conversation thread of the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property CreationTime Returns a DateTime indicating the creation time for the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property DeferredDeliveryTime Returns or sets a DateTime indicating the date and time the mail message is to be delivered. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property DeleteAfterSubmit Returns or sets a Boolean (bool in C#) value that is True if a copy of the mail message is not saved upon being sent, and False if a copy is saved. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property DownloadState Returns a constant that belongs to the OlDownloadState enumeration indicating the download state of the item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property EnableSharedAttachments This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property EntryID Returns a String (string in C#) representing the unique Entry ID of the object. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ExpiryTime Returns or sets a DateTime indicating the date and time at which the item becomes invalid and can be deleted. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property FlagDueBy This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property FlagIcon This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property FlagRequest Returns or sets a String (string in C#) that indicates the requested action for a mail item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property FlagStatus This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property FormDescription Returns the FormDescription object that represents the form description for the specified Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property GetInspector Returns an Inspector object that represents an inspector initialized to contain the specified item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property HasCoverSheet This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property HTMLBody Returns or sets a String (string in C#) representing the HTML body of the specified item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Importance Returns or sets an OlImportance constant indicating the relative importance level for the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property InternetCodepage Returns or sets an Integer (int in C#) value that determines the Internet code page used by the item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property IsConflict Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) that determines if the item is in conflict. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property IsIPFax This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property IsMarkedAsTask Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) value that indicates whether the MailItem is marked as a task. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ItemProperties Returns an ItemProperties collection that represents all standard and user-defined properties associated with the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property LastModificationTime Returns a DateTime specifying the date and time that the Outlook item was last modified. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Links Returns a Links collection that represents the contacts to which the item is linked. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property MAPIOBJECT This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property MarkForDownload Returns or sets an OlRemoteStatus constant that determines the status of an item once it is received by a remote user. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property MessageClass Returns or sets a String (string in C#) representing the message class for the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Mileage Returns or sets a String (string in C#) representing the mileage for an item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property NoAging Returns or sets a Boolean (bool in C#) value that is True to not age the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property OriginatorDeliveryReportRequested Returns or sets a Boolean (bool in C#) value that determines whether the originator of the meeting item or mail message will receive a delivery report. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property OutlookInternalVersion Returns an Integer (int in C#) value representing the build number of the Outlook application for an Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property OutlookVersion Returns a String (string in C#) indicating the major and minor version number of the Outlook application for an Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Parent Returns the parent Object of the specified object. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Permission Sets or returns an OlPermission constant that determines the permissions the recipients will have on the e-mail item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property PermissionService Sets or returns an OlPermissionService constant that determines the permission service that will be used when sending a message protected by Information Rights Management (IRM). Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property PermissionTemplateGuid Returns or sets a String (string in C#) value that represents the GUID of the template file to apply to the MailItem in order to specify Information Rights Management (IRM) permissions. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property PropertyAccessor Returns a PropertyAccessor object that supports creating, getting, setting, and deleting properties of the parent MailItem object. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReadReceiptRequested Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) value that indicates True if a read receipt has been requested by the sender. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReceivedByEntryID Returns a String (string in C#) representing the EntryID for the true recipient as set by the transport provider delivering the mail message. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReceivedByName Returns a String (string in C#) representing the display name of the true recipient for the mail message. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReceivedOnBehalfOfEntryID Returns a String (string in C#) representing the EntryID of the user delegated to represent the recipient for the mail message. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReceivedOnBehalfOfName Returns a String (string in C#) representing the display name of the user delegated to represent the recipient for the mail message. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReceivedTime Returns a DateTime indicating the date and time at which the item was received. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property RecipientReassignmentProhibited Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) that indicates True if the recipient cannot forward the mail message. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Recipients Returns a Recipients collection that represents all the recipients for the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReminderOverrideDefault Returns or sets a Boolean (bool in C#) value that is True if the reminder overrides the default reminder behavior for the item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReminderPlaySound Returns or sets a Boolean (bool in C#) value that is True if the reminder should play a sound when it occurs for this item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReminderSet Returns or sets a Boolean (bool in C#) value that is True if a reminder has been set for this item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReminderSoundFile Returns or sets a String (string in C#) indicating the path and file name of the sound file to play when the reminder occurs for the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReminderTime Returns or sets a DateTime indicating the date and time at which the reminder should occur for the specified item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property RemoteStatus Returns or sets an OlRemoteStatus constant specifying the remote status of the mail message. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReplyRecipientNames Returns a semicolon-delimited String (string in C#) list of reply recipients for the mail message. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ReplyRecipients Returns a Recipients collection that represents all the reply recipient objects for the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property RetentionExpirationDate Returns a DateTime value that specifies the date when the MailItem object expires, after which the Messaging Records Management (MRM) Assistant will delete the item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property RetentionPolicyName Returns a String (string in C#) that specifies the name of the retention policy. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property RTFBody Returns or sets a byte array that represents the body of the Microsoft Outlook item in Rich Text Format. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Saved Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) value that is True if the Outlook item has not been modified since the last save. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property SaveSentMessageFolder Returns or sets a Folder object that represents the folder in which a copy of the e-mail message will be saved after being sent. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Sender Returns or sets an AddressEntry object that corresponds to the user of the account from which the MailItem is sent. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property SenderEmailAddress Returns a String (string in C#) that represents the e-mail address of the sender of the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property SenderEmailType Returns a String (string in C#) that represents the type of entry for the e-mail address of the sender of the Outlook item, such as 'SMTP' for Internet address, 'EX' for a Microsoft Exchange server address, etc. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property SenderName Returns a String (string in C#) indicating the display name of the sender for the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property SendUsingAccount Returns or sets an Account object that represents the account under which the MailItem is to be sent. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Sensitivity Returns or sets a constant in the OlSensitivity enumeration indicating the sensitivity for the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Sent Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) value that indicates if a message has been sent. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property SentOn Returns a DateTime indicating the date and time on which the Outlook item was sent. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property SentOnBehalfOfName Returns a String (string in C#) indicating the display name for the intended sender of the mail message. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Session Returns the NameSpace object for the current session. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Size Returns an Integer (int in C#) value indicating the size (in bytes) of the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Subject Returns or sets a String (string in C#) indicating the subject for the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property Submitted Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) value that is True if the item has been submitted. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property TaskCompletedDate Returns or sets a DateTime value that represents the completion date of the task for this MailItem. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property TaskDueDate Returns or sets a DateTime value that represents the due date of the task for this MailItem. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property TaskStartDate Returns or sets a DateTime value that represents the start date of the task for this MailItem object. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property TaskSubject Returns or sets a String (string in C#) value that represents the subject of the task for the MailItem object. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property To Returns or sets a semicolon-delimited String (string in C#) list of display names for the To recipients for the Outlook item. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property ToDoTaskOrdinal Returns or sets a DateTime value that represents the ordinal value of the task for the MailItem. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property UnRead Returns or sets a Boolean (bool in C#) value that is True if the Outlook item has not been opened (read). Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property UserProperties Returns the UserProperties collection that represents all the user properties for the Outlook item. Read-only. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property VotingOptions Returns or sets a String (string in C#) specifying a delimited string containing the voting options for the mail message. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public property VotingResponse Returns or sets a String (string in C#) specifying the voting response for the mail message. Read/write. (Inherited from _MailItem.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method AddBusinessCard Appends contact information based on the Electronic Business Card (EBC) associated with the specified ContactItem object to the MailItem object. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method ClearConversationIndex Clears the index of the conversation thread for the mail message. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method ClearTaskFlag Clears the MailItem object as a task. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Close Closes and optionally saves changes to the Outlook item. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Copy Creates another instance of an object. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Delete Removes the item from the folder that contains the item. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Display Displays a new Inspector object for the item. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Forward Executes the Forward action for an item and returns the resulting copy as a MailItem object. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method GetConversation Obtains a Conversation object that represents the conversation to which this item belongs. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method MarkAsTask Marks a MailItem object as a task and assigns a task interval for the object. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Move Moves a Microsoft Outlook item to a new folder. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method PrintOut Prints the Outlook item using all default settings. The PrintOut method is the only Outlook method that can be used for printing. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Reply Creates a reply, pre-addressed to the original sender, from the original message. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method ReplyAll Creates a reply to all original recipients from the original message. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Save Saves the Microsoft Outlook item to the current folder or, if this is a new item, to the Outlook default folder for the item type. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method SaveAs Saves the Microsoft Outlook item to the specified path and in the format of the specified file type. If the file type is not specified, the MSG format (.msg) is used. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method Send Sends the e-mail message. (Inherited from _MailItem.)
Public method ShowCategoriesDialog Displays the Show Categories dialog box, which allows you to select categories that correspond to the subject of the item. (Inherited from _MailItem.)

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Events

  Name Description
Public event AfterWrite Occurs after Microsoft Outlook has saved the item. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event AttachmentAdd Occurs when an attachment has been added to an instance of the parent object. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event AttachmentRead Occurs when an attachment in an instance of the parent object has been opened for reading. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event AttachmentRemove Occurs when an attachment has been removed from an instance of the parent object. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeAttachmentAdd Occurs before an attachment is added to an instance of the parent object. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeAttachmentPreview Occurs before an attachment associated with an instance of the parent object is previewed. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeAttachmentRead Occurs before an attachment associated with an instance of the parent object is read from the file system, an attachment stream, or an Attachment object. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeAttachmentSave Occurs just before an attachment is saved. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeAttachmentWriteToTempFile Occurs before an attachment associated with an instance of the parent object is written to a temporary file. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeAutoSave Occurs before the item is automatically saved by Outlook. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeCheckNames Occurs just before Microsoft Outlook starts resolving names in the recipient collection for an item (which is an instance of the parent object). (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeDelete Occurs before an item (which is an instance of the parent object) is deleted. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event BeforeRead Occurs before Microsoft Outlook begins to read the properties for the item. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event Close Occurs when the inspector associated with an item (which is an instance of the parent object) is being closed. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event CustomAction Occurs when a custom action of an item (which is an instance of the parent object) executes. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event CustomPropertyChange Occurs when a custom property of an item (which is an instance of the parent object) is changed. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event Forward Occurs when the user selects the Forward action for an item (which is an instance of the parent object). (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event Open Occurs when an instance of the parent object is being opened in an Inspector. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event PropertyChange Occurs when an explicit built-in property of an instance of the parent object is changed. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event Read Occurs when an instance of the parent object is opened for editing by the user. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event Reply Occurs when the user selects the Reply action for an item (which is an instance of the parent object). (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event ReplyAll Occurs when the user selects the ReplyAll action for an item (which is an instance of the parent object). (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event Send Occurs when the user selects the Send action for an item (which is an instance of the parent object). (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event Unload Occurs before an Outlook item is unloaded from memory, either programmatically or by user action. (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)
Public event Write Occurs when an instance of the parent object is saved, either explicitly or implicitly (for example, in response to a prompt when closing the item's inspector). (Inherited from ItemEvents_10_Event.)

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See Also

Reference

MailItem Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Namespace