SenderName Property

Returns a String indicating the display name of the sender for the e-mail message, meeting item, or post. This property corresponds to the MAPI property PR_SENDER_NAME. Read-only.

Note  If you wish to retrieve the fully qualified e-mail address of the sender, use the SenderEmailAddress property.

expression**.SenderName**

*expression   * Required. An expression that returns a MailItem, MeetingItem, or PostItem object.

Remarks

Outlook blocks code that attempts to access the SenderName property for security reasons. If you run a third-party add-in, custom solution, or other program that uses the SenderName property in Office Outlook   2003, you may receive the following warning:

A program is trying to automatically send e-mail on your behalf. Do you want to allow this? If this is unexpected, it may be a virus and you should choose "No".

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example checks if the item displayed in the topmost inspector is sent by 'Dan Wilson' with 'High' importance. If it is, then it displays a message box to the user. Before running this example, replace 'Dan Wilson' with a valid name in your address book.

Sub CheckSenderName
    Dim myOlApp As Outlook.Application
    Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
    Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set myItem = myOlApp.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
    If myItem.Importance = 2 And myItem.SenderName = "Dan Wilson" Then
        MsgBox "This message is sent by your manager with High importance."
    End If
End Sub

Applies to | MailItem Object | MeetingItem Object | PostItem Object

See Also | Send Method