I had to get around something like your problem a while back. foreach (Object _obj in _explorer.CurrentFolder.Items) { if (_obj is MailItem) { MyMailHandler((MailItem)_obj); } } Hope that helps. The issue here is that _explorer.CurrentFolder.Items can contain more objects than just MailItem (PostItem being one of them).
This code showed me the different TypeNames that were in my Inbox: Public Sub GetTypeNamesInbox() Dim myOlItems As Outlook.Items Set myOlItems = application.GetNamespace(“MAPI”).GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Items Dim msg As Object For Each msg In myOlItems Debug.Print TypeName(msg) ’emails are typename MailItem ‘Meeting responses are typename MeetingItem ‘Delivery receipts are typename ReportItem Next msg End Sub HTH
The Outlook Interop library is not just for addins. For example it could be used to write a console app that just reads all your Outlook Contacts. I am pretty sure that the standard Microsoft Outlook Interop library will let you read the mail – albeit it will probably throw a security prompt in Outlook … Read more
I’ve finally resolved the issue. Here is piece of code resolving my problem (using Outlook interops) Outlook.Application oApp = new Outlook.Application (); Outlook._MailItem oMailItem = (Outlook._MailItem)oApp.CreateItem ( Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem ); oMailItem.To = address; // body, bcc etc… oMailItem.Display ( true );