I checked again with Vista with no addins enabled and now it shows
CreationTime as 1/1/4501.

Are you using any addins or ECE's or BCM?

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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Hmm. I hadn't noticed that, I'll have to report it.

Checking with Outlook 2003 I see CreationTime as the current date on a
brand new unsaved message, on WinXP.

Checking in Outlook 2007 on WinXP I see CreationTime on a new unsaved
message as 1/1/4501. So that's a behavior change from Outlook 2003. On
Vista with Outlook 2007 I do see the current date for CreationTime.

I used this line in the Outlook VBA Immediate window to check the
CreationTime:
? Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem.CreationTi me

Use Size or EntryID then to get an idea of whether the item is new or not.
Size = 0 or EntryID = "" would do that. Those would give the same results
as a null date for CreationTime.

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm