Recipients.Add method (Outlook)

Creates a new recipient in the Recipients collection.

Syntax

expression.Add (Name)

expression A variable that represents a Recipients object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
Name	Required	String	The name of the recipient; it can be a string representing the display name, the alias, or the full SMTP email address of the recipient.

Return value

A Recipient object that represents the new recipient.

Example

This VBA example creates a new mail message, uses the Add method to add 'Dan Wilson' as a To recipient, and displays the message. To run this example without errors, replace 'Dan Wilson' with a valid recipient name.

Sub CreateStatusReportToBoss() 

    Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem 
    Dim myRecipient As Outlook.Recipient 

    Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem) 
    Set myRecipient = myItem.Recipients.Add("Dan Wilson") 
    myItem.Subject = "Status Report" 
    myItem.Display 

End Sub

See also

Recipients Object

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