Recipients.Add Method (Outlook)

Creates a new recipient in the Recipients collection.

Syntax

expression .Add(Name)

expression A variable that represents a Recipients object.

Parameters

Name

Required/Optional

Data Type

Description

Name

Required

String

The name of the recipient; it can be a string representing the display name, the alias, or the full SMTP e-mail address of the recipient.

Return Value

A Recipient object that represents the new recipient.

Example

This VBA example creates a new mail message, uses the Add method to add 'Dan Wilson' as a To recipient, and displays the message. To run this example without errors, replace 'Dan Wilson' with a valid recipient name.

Sub CreateStatusReportToBoss() 
 
 Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem 
 
 Dim myRecipient As Outlook.Recipient 
 
 
 
 Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem) 
 
 Set myRecipient = myItem.Recipients.Add("Dan Wilson") 
 
 myItem.Subject = "Status Report" 
 
 myItem.Display 
 
End Sub

See Also

Concepts

Recipients Object

Recipients Object Members