The best and most robust way is to use an Outlook COM addin, which can
handle the ItemAdd event in the Items collection of the Inbox.

--
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


"Bill" wrote in message
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I have posted this to both the outlook and vb groups because I am not
sure of the best way to approach this.

I have written a VB program that processes an email based on the
customer it is received from, the type of order, etc.

I would like the program to start up whenever an email is received by
the address I have Outlook set to.

Am I better off to wake up my program periodically and check for the
emails?

Or is there a way to just have Outlook call my program when an email
is received?

I know how to save the email to a file or database when it is received
but I am not aware of how to kick off a program from Outlook when an
email is received.

I would appreciate all thoughts and pointers to articles or
discussions. This seems to fall in between the two programs as I am
looking for the best practice.

Thank you in advance for your help.