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Old November 5th 07, 05:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.program_vba
Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]
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Default Extracting info from an Outlook email

Unless you are specifically looking for an existing solution, you could
easily develop this yourself using VBA and the Outlook Object Model. See
this example for handling incoming e-mails:

How to create a custom rule using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) in
Outlook 2002:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;292063

And this will set you on your way for integrating with a database:

Connecting Outlook to Databases:
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=25

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"Rob" wrote:

I want to automatically extract the body of an incoming email and export the
result to a database or spreadsheet. Similar functions are available through
tools such as Mailbag Assistant for Outlook Express and other email programs.
Is there a way to do this with Microsoft Outlook?
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Rob

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