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How to read email messages using Simple MAPI

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Before you begin:

This code retrieves messages from your mailbox (Inbox) and stores them in a cursor.

See also:

MAPI example (file attachments enabled)

MAPI: sending email messages

MAPI: reading email messages

Winsock: sending email messages (SMTP, port 25)

Winsock: reading email messages (POP3, port 110)

Function MAPISendDocuments

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5283 bytes
Created: 2002-01-29 20:23:46
Modified: 2008-12-03 15:26:21
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Listed functions:

MAPIFindNext
MAPIFreeBuffer
MAPILogoff
MAPILogon
MAPIReadMail

My comment:

Add MAPI_FORCE_DOWNLOAD to MAPILogon flags to to download messages before returning.

Using the Outlook Express with rules applied to incoming messages moving them to folders other than Inbox folder, you have no chance to reach these messages through this code. Not to my knowledge, to say more precisely.

Attachments are not processed in this example (MAPI_SUPPRESS_ATTACH flag). Using MAPI_PEEK flag ensures that MAPIReadMail does not mark the messages as read.

Code for retrieving name and address for the recipient is not included. The routine is quite similar to the retrieving parameters for the sender (origin).

If you are not able to logon, try use your messaging system profile name as a parameter. e.g. "Novell Default Settings".

Check the VB link -- Updated Mapivb32.bas for Simple MAPI on 32-Bit Platforms (Q163216).

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Each time the MAPIReadMail called without applying the MAPI_SUPPRESS_ATTACH flag, all attachments to messages in Inbox folder are copied to temp files. Continuous trying may seriously deplete the hard drive free space. Actually the MSDN suggests those temp files to be deleted once they are no longer needed.

#kwd: sln_reademail.

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	Robert \| 2008-01-11 15:47:47


	Hi, Is there any chance that you could add show an example with the ability to read the attachments of an email so these could be saved. I've seen VB incarnations of code to do this but I don't understand the VB structures and pointers http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q163216 Refers to the VB code Thanks Rob



	A.M. \| 2008-01-13 14:36:01


	Robert, I will post an update or new code sample within a few days.



	Robert \| 2008-01-14 06:50:06


	Anatoliy, Thank you, I await with anticipation. Regards Robert




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