"From" field extraction

[DG]

In Outlook 2003, is it possible to programmatically read the "From" field of
a MailItem BEFORE the e-mail is sent out?
I've written a new "Send" utility and I noticed that the From field
properties are not visible until after the e-mail has been sent. I've tried
saving it in Exchange to the Drafts folder, I've tried saving it to the C:\
drive as a MSG file, but nothing. "From" is simply NULL.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Doug

 

[Dmitry Streblechenko]

In theory, yes. If the user has not explicitly set the Account drop down
prior to clicking Send, it will be the same as Namespace.CurrentUser.
Otherwise you can read a couple of named propeties using MAPI (C++/Delphi),
then use the IOlkAccountManager to find the corresponding account and read
the name and address of that account.
Outlook 2007 exposes the account used to send the message through the
MailItem.SendUsingAccount property.
<plug> Redemption exposes RDOMail.Account property (works in Outlook 2002
and up) - see http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/rdo/RDOMail.htm#properties
and http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/rdo/RDOAccount.htm </plug>

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

 

[DG]

Thank you Dmitry! That should get me in the right direction.