Thanks, Nigel
This solved it.
loInbox.items(k).replyrecipientnames

Joel


>Instigate a reply to the mail and then get the recipient address - that will always return the address, not the name. Then dump the reply.
>
>>I am trying to copy my incoming OutLook emails into a VFP data table.
>>
>>I have instanciated an Outlook application in VFP and grab email out of a folder.. like this:
>>loOutLook = createobject('outlook.application')
>>loSpace = loOutLook.GetNameSpace('MAPI')
>>loInbox = loSpace.GetDefaultFolder(6)
>>? loInbox.items(1).body
>>
>>loInbox.items(k).sendername gives me the name of the sender of the kth email. If that name happens to be 'John Smith', that's what I get, and I cannot get his actual email address, like john@abc.com.
>>
>>Can anyone help me figure out how to retrieve the sender's actual email address?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Joel Aiken
>>joel@patsyaiken.com