PidTagImportance Canonical Property

Applies to: Outlook 2013 | Outlook 2016

Contains a value that indicates the message sender's opinion of the importance of a message.

Property Value
Associated properties:
PR_IMPORTANCE
Identifier:
0x0017
Data type:
PT_LONG
Area:
General messaging

Remarks

This property and the PR_PRIORITY (PidTagPriority) property should not be confused. Importance indicates a value to users, while priority indicates the order or speed at which the message should be sent by the messaging system software. Higher priority usually indicates a higher cost. Higher importance usually is associated with a different display by the user interface.

This property can have exactly one of the following values:

IMPORTANCE_LOW

The message has low importance.

IMPORTANCE_HIGH

The message has high importance.

IMPORTANCE_NORMAL

The message has normal importance.

Protocol specifications

[MS-OXPROPS]

Provides references to related Exchange Server protocol specifications.

[MS-OXCMSG]

Handles message and attachment objects.

Header files

Mapidefs.h

Provides data type definitions.

Mapitags.h

Contains definitions of properties listed as alternate names.

See also

MAPI Properties

MAPI Canonical Properties

Mapping Canonical Property Names to MAPI Names

Mapping MAPI Names to Canonical Property Names