Programmatically create an email item
This example creates an email message in Microsoft Office Outlook.
Applies to: The information in this topic applies to VSTO Add-in projects for Outlook. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.
Example
private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
CreateMailItem();
}
private void CreateMailItem()
{
Outlook.MailItem mailItem = (Outlook.MailItem)
this.Application.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);
mailItem.Subject = "This is the subject";
mailItem.To = "someone@example.com";
mailItem.Body = "This is the message.";
mailItem.Importance = Outlook.OlImportance.olImportanceLow;
mailItem.Display(false);
}