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Outlook > Rules and Alerts > Run a script

initial setup tutorials

[qlockwork] [microsoft] [microsoft] [answers.com] [slipstick]
ways to do logging-debugging

MsgBox
Debug.Print — goes to the VBA "Immediate" window

API reference

Concepts

Items, Folders, and Stores

Object API

Application
MailItem

Recipients collection of Recipient

Category

CDO [wikipedia] ~~[summary] ~~useful websites~~~~

outlookcode.com

how do I...?

move an email to a folder [1] [2] [4] [3]
assign a category to an email [1]
store data in custom fields [1]
several articles at slipstick.com

user-facing column names ⇒ API properties

From item.ReceivedOnBehalfOfName
To item.To
item.Recipients
item.ReceivedByName
Reply to item.ReplyRecipientNames
Subject item.Subject
Body item.ItemProperties("HTMLBody")
May be useful for displaying
extra data to the user
Mileage item.Mileage ~~(free-form string)~~
Billing Information item.BillingInformation
BCC item.BCC
For messages that someone else sent to me, this should be by definition blank. So we can reappropriate it.
Company item.Companies

If you make changes to any fields, remember to call item.Save afterwards.
Property-related APIs:

(overview)
item.ItemProperties
item.UserProperties
(information about security pop-ups) [2]

From	item.ReceivedOnBehalfOfName
To	item.To item.Recipients item.ReceivedByName
Reply to	item.ReplyRecipientNames
Subject	item.Subject
Body	item.ItemProperties("HTMLBody")
May be useful for displaying extra data to the user
Mileage	item.Mileage ~~(free-form string)~~
Billing Information	item.BillingInformation
BCC	item.BCC For messages that someone else sent to me, this should be by definition blank. So we can reappropriate it.
Company	item.Companies