You can use CDO with a special .dll to read and write RTF with a little
difficulty. An easier option is to use Word as your e-mail editor and use
the Word Object Model to set and read rich text formatting:

How to create formatted messages in Microsoft Outlook:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/formatmsg.htm#wordmail

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"Martin" wrote:

Using RTF as editor, can I assign the typed and formatted text of the body of
a message to a variable that remembers the formatting? I want to be able to
automatically truncate a signature and replace it with a different one - fine
with the usual string functions but all of them strip out any formatting the
user has included.