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Microsoft Outlook does not support importing multiple vCards - you need to import them one vcard at a time. While this is tolerable for a few, its frustrating when you a large number to import. The macro at Move Messages from File System into Outlook Folders bulk imports messages, appointments (msg or ics), or vcards  

The following code saves the attachments from selected messages but does not delete the attachments from the message(s). This VBA code is based on the code sample from my Outlook book: Save and Delete Attachments. Use it if you want to save the attachment, add a link to the saved file, and delete the attachment  

The following is the Save Attachment code sample from Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours. (It works in current versions.) Frank modified the code to break it into a single call for each mail item so you can use it with a rule to filter incoming mail. Augusto modified Frank's code "in order to avoid  

Sometimes we get some interesting questions and the solution, while not useful to everyone, is worth mentioning. This is one of those questions. I must use the BCC most of the time because of confidentiality reasons. I have made mistakes a couple of times when I entered the email addresses of more than one recipient  

In Part 1, we took a brief look at the fundamentals of Outlook programming. This included a quick exploration of the two primary interfaces: the full MAPI framework and the Outlook Object Model (OOM). There was also a summary of the available customization and extensibility capabilities, from custom forms and VBA macros to building COM  

When Microsoft Outlook forms are giving your problems, you may need to clear Outlook's Forms Cache.

Outlook developers will find the utilities and resources listed on this page helpful when they are developing add-ins for Microsoft Outlook. Outlook Developer Resources was last modified: July 8th, 2012 by Diane Poremsky

Outlook developer Ken Slovak has been working with Microsoft to determine the cause of a bad crash in Outlook 2007 (and hangs on Outlook 2003) caused by Apple's ITunes add-in for Outlook which is used for calendar synching with IPods. Ken felt our readers would find this information useful and interesting. Because other vendors are  

The Rules Wizard is great for a lot of things when automatically processing incoming e-mails. However, when there's that one certain thing that you can't do with it, you can always be the Wizard yourself and write your own rules with VBA. However, one of the greatest challenges for developers programming with Outlook is learning  

Use VBA code sample to view Outlook's Internet Header.