You would need to use Redemption or Outlook 2007 for that.

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"Clive" wrote in message ...
I'm creating an Email archival system which needs to be able to
programmatically display email messages saved in .msg files.

I know I can just double click on the file in Windows Explorer to display
it, but surely there must be a way of reading the file programmatically into
a mailitem so it can be displayed by Outlook?

Many thanks for your help.

Clive Elsworth
London UK