Viewing Outlook .msg files in Internet Explorer

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Steve S - 28 Aug 2003 10:46 GMT

I save important e-mails as .msg files outside of Outlook (so they are
not accidentally deleted in the future).

If I double click on these I can view them in Outlook.

What I would really like to do is view them through Internet Explorer
with File Open (that is show them in the IE window, not just launch
Outlook).

Is there a way to do this ?
Can I use VBScript ?
The CreateItemFromTemplate(filename) method seems to be the way to
programatically open a .msg file but how can I make it show in the IE
window ?

Steve

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 28 Aug 2003 12:30 GMT

No, not possible. IE cannot display Outlook items.

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> I save important e-mails as .msg files outside of Outlook (so they are
> not accidentally deleted in the future).
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> programatically open a .msg file but how can I make it show in the IE
> window ?

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