How to get the sender’s email address from one or more emails in Outlook?
Have you ever tried to extract the email address from the "From" field of one or more received emails in Outlook? This article provides a VBA code to help you handle this task.
Get the sender’s email address from one or more emails in Outlook
Please run the following VBA code to extract the email address from the "From" field of one or more received emails in Outlook.
1. Open an email folder, select an email message from which you want to get the sender’s email address. Press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
Tips: To select multiple emails, please hold down the Ctrl key and then select the emails one by one.
2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, click Insert > Module, then copy the following VBA code to the Module (code) window.
VBA code: extract the sender’s email address from one or more emails in Outlook
Sub GetSmtpAddressOfSelectionEmail()
Dim xExplorer As Explorer
Dim xSelection As Selection
Dim xItem As Object
Dim xMail As MailItem
Dim xAddress As String
Dim xFldObj As Object
Dim FilePath As String
Dim xFSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject
On Error Resume Next
Set xExplorer = Application.ActiveExplorer
Set xSelection = xExplorer.Selection
For Each xItem In xSelection
If xItem.Class = olMail Then
Set xMail = xItem
xAddress = xAddress & VBA.vbCrLf & " " & GetSmtpAddress(xMail)
End If
Next
If MsgBox("Sender SMTP Address is: " & xAddress & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Do you want to export the address list to a txt file? ", vbYesNo, "Kutools for Outlook") = vbYes Then
Set xFldObj = CreateObject("Shell.Application").BrowseforFolder(0, "Select a Folder", 0, 16)
Set xFSO = New Scripting.FileSystemObject
If xFldObj Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
FilePath = xFldObj.Items.Item.Path & "\Address.txt"
Close #1
Open FilePath For Output As #1
Print #1, "Sender SMTP Address is: " & xAddress
Close #1
Set xFSO = Nothing
Set xFldObj = Nothing
MsgBox "Address list has been exported to：" & FilePath, vbOKOnly + vbInformation, "Kutools for Outlook"
End If
End Sub
Function GetSmtpAddress(Mail As MailItem)
Dim xNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim xEntryID As String
Dim xAddressEntry As AddressEntry
Dim PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_ENTRYID As String
Dim PR_SMTP_ADDRESS As String
Dim xExchangeUser As exchangeUser
On Error Resume Next
GetSmtpAddress = ""
Set xNameSpace = Application.Session
If Mail.sender.Type <> "EX" Then
GetSmtpAddress = Mail.sender.Address
Else
PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_ENTRYID = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x00410102"
xEntryID = Mail.PropertyAccessor.BinaryToString(Mail.PropertyAccessor.GetProperty(PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_ENTRYID))
Set xAddressEntry = xNameSpace.GetAddressEntryFromID(xEntryID)
If xAddressEntry Is Nothing Then Exit Function
If xAddressEntry.AddressEntryUserType = olExchangeUserAddressEntry Or xAddressEntry.AddressEntryUserType = olExchangeRemoteUserAddressEntry Then
Set xExchangeUser = xAddressEntry.GetExchangeUser()
If xExchangeUser Is Nothing Then Exit Function
GetSmtpAddress = xExchangeUser.PrimarySmtpAddress
Else
PR_SMTP_ADDRESS = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x39FE001E"
GetSmtpAddress = xAddressEntry.PropertyAccessor.GetProperty(PR_SMTP_ADDRESS)
End If
End If
End Function
3. Click Tools > References, then check the Microsoft Scripting Runtime box in the References – Project1 dialog box.
4. Press the F5 key to run the code. Then a Kutools for Outlook dialog box pops up, listing all the sender’s email addresses of the selected emails.
Tips:
5. After clicking the Yes button, a Browse For Folder dialog box pops up. Please choose a folder to save the file and click the OK button.
6. Finally, a Kutools for Outlook dialog box will pop up, telling you the path of the exported file. Click OK to close it.
7. Go to the folder where the exported file is saved and open the .txt file named Address to see the sender’s email addresses of the selected emails.
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