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Set Outlook MailItem as read or suppress_receipt in PR_MESSAGE_FLAGS

What's the proper way to set a MailItem as read before opening or set the value suppress_receipt in PR_MESSAGE_FLAGS?

Looking at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/cc815395(v=office.12).aspx my code is:

MailItem x = item as MailItem;
x.PropertyAccessor.SetProperty("http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x0E070003",35);

I got 35 from other read mails using OutlookSpy, assuming it contains the boolean flag for "Read".

Running this code gets me the exception "The operation failed". Any ideas? Thanks.

Solution

  • You cannot do that in the Outlook Object Model. On the MAPI level, you need to call IMessage::SetReadFlag(SUPPRESS_RECEIPT), but you will need C++ or Delphi for that.

    If using Redemption (I am its author) is an option, you can use RDOMail.MarkRead(SuppressReceipt) (can be called from any language)