Hi Nigel,

>>I have used mapi to automate the mail service but what i would like to do is programatically gather the names of the recipients and then launch outlook with the recipients prefilled. Has anyone tackled this one? Thanks Jeff
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>Check out my class in the files section. This will allow you to send to multiple recipients. All the work is done, you just call a method. Jeff: if you want to launch Outlook with everything prefilled, change the send(0) command to send(1) - this will just open the mail, not send it.

TVM. I have tried it and keep getting Invalid Profile Name errors and it wanting me to set up the old Windows 95 messaging. I have had similar problems with David Frankenbach's suggestions. I wonder whether Outlook Express works in a different way?

Kevin