MailItem.SenderEmailType Property

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Outlook Developer Reference

Returns a String that represents the type of entry for the e-mail address of the sender of the Outlook item, such as 'SMTP' for Internet address, 'EX' for a Microsoft Exchange server address, etc. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.SenderEmailType

expression   A variable that represents a MailItem object.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example demonstrates how to use the SenderEmailType property. To run this example without errors, an e-mail item should be open in the active inspector window.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub SenderEmailTypeExample()
    Dim mail As Outlook.MailItem
    
    Set mail = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
    MsgBox mail.SenderEmailType
    If mail.SenderEmailType = "SMTP" Then
        MsgBox "Message from Internet e-mail user."
    Else
        If mail.SenderEmailType = "EX" Then
            MsgBox "Message from internal Exchange user."
        End If
    End If
End Sub

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