MailItem Methods (Outlook)

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Methods

Name

Description

AddBusinessCard

Appends contact information based on the Electronic Business Card (EBC) associated with the specified ContactItem object to the MailItem object.

ClearConversationIndex

Clears the index of the conversation thread for the mail message.

ClearTaskFlag

Clears the MailItem object as a task.

Close

Closes and optionally saves changes to the Outlook item.

Copy

Creates another instance of an object.

Delete

Removes the item from the folder that contains the item.

Display

Displays a new Inspector object for the item.

Forward

Executes the Forward action for an item and returns the resulting copy as a MailItem object.

GetConversation

Obtains a Conversation object that represents the conversation to which this item belongs.

MarkAsTask

Marks a MailItem object as a task and assigns a task interval for the object.

Move

Moves a Microsoft Outlook item to a new folder.

PrintOut

Prints the Outlook item using all default settings.The PrintOut method is the only Outlook method that can be used for printing.

Reply

Creates a reply, pre-addressed to the original sender, from the original message.

ReplyAll

Creates a reply to all original recipients from the original message.

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.

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.

Send

Sends the e-mail message.

ShowCategoriesDialog

Displays the Show Categories dialog box, which allows you to select categories that correspond to the subject of the item.