Outlook 2003 addin; items in non-default mailbox not MailItems

Question

Hello I am writing an addin for Outlook 2003 that need access to a mailbox that is not the default mailbox. When I select one of the emails in the secondary mailbox and access it like this ActiveExplorer().Selection[1] the resulting object is no Outlook.MailItem and therefore any attempt to cast to this type fails. What else could it possibly be? The same code is working perfectly for items I select in my own default mailbox. Would be cool if someone could shed some light on this.

Benjamin · Answer

Gladly. Outlook.MailItem mail = ActiveExplorer().Selection[1] as Outlook.MailItem; if (mail == null) return; //this will always happen I have no idea what type this item really has. I select the mail in the inbox of another mailbox.

Laurence Bielza · Answer

Hi I do the same than you but it works in my case. (Outlook 2003) Could you please add your code?