Take a look at the MailItem.Body and HTMLBody properties.

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54


"tedmi" wrote in message ...
Is it possible to write a macro to edit the text of a received message? If
so, what part of the object model do I need to explore? In the online
references to Outlook programming, I find lots of info on handling O.L.
items, but not on getting inside an item. Thanks.
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TedMi