Edit a saved Outlook Message File *.msg

Question

Hi All,

I'm trying to open a saved .MSG file and edit the contents (similar to how you would do it in Outlook 2010 if you click Actions->Edit Message) then send that email off to the intended recipients.

Can somebody please point me in the right direction, or maybe some source code that I can use? I've searched the internet and cannot get an answer for this.

 

My programming language is VB.NET

 

Thanks in advanced

 

Answer 1

Use Application.CreateItemFromTemplate to to create a new mesage and import the MSG file data.

Note that a standalone MSG file cannot be sent, it needs to be imported into a message created in one of Outlook's folders.

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Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/redemption Redemption - what the Outlook Object Model should have been Version 5.2 is now available!

Answer 2

I do not want to program in Outlook. I'm programming in VB.NET. Is there any tool that I can use to edit a MSG file? or can I edit an email before it is sent off?

 

Thanks

Answer 3

You can use Redemption and call RDOSession.GetMessageFromMsgFile - it returns an instance of the RDOMail object that you can use to modify any message properties and then call RDOMail.Save.

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Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/redemption Redemption - what the Outlook Object Model should have been Version 5.3 is now available!

Answer 4

you can also use PInvoke to work directly with msg using

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa380342(v=vs.85).aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/openspecification/archive/2009/11/06/msg-file-format-part-1.aspx

but i strongly discourage it. Redemption is much better choice.