Using VBA in Excel to reference an Outlook mailbox other than Inbox

Question

Edit: I actually figured this out! I replaced the line

Set outlookInbox = outlookApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)

with

Dim NS As Outlook.Namespace
Dim objOwner As Outlook.Recipient

Set NS = outlookApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objOwner = NS.CreateRecipient("[email protected]")
    Objowner.Resolve

If objOwner.Resolved Then
   MsgBox objOwner.Name 'You can comment this out if you want

Set outlookInbox = NS.GetSharedDefaultFolder(objOwner, olFolderInbox)
End If

Original Post: I have this code that I run in Excel VBA that searches for a specific sender and attachment name in my Outlook default Inbox. It then saves the attachment to a designated folder on my desktop while renaming the file with the date on which the email was received.

However, I want to edit the code so that it searches not in my default Inbox, but in a different, shared mailbox in my Outlook. Assume the email address at which this shared mailbox receives emails is [email protected]. This is obviously separate from my own personal email address.

How can I edit this code so it searches in this mailbox and not in my own Inbox?

Option Explicit

Sub GetLatestReport()

'Set a reference to Outlook's object library (Visual Basic >> Tools >> References >> check/select Microsoft Outlook Object Library)

Dim outlookApp              As Outlook.Application
Dim outlookInbox            As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim outlookRestrictItems    As Outlook.Items
Dim outlookLatestItem       As Outlook.MailItem
Dim outlookAttachment       As Outlook.Attachment
Dim attachmentFound         As Boolean

Const saveToFolder          As String = "C:\Users\jalanger\Desktop\Demo" 'change the save to folder accordingly
Const senderName            As String = "Langer, Jaclyn" 'change the sender name accordingly
Const attachmentName        As String = "Report on ACBS LC for AMLS (Chandran Panicker)" 'change the attachment name accordingly

Dim SavePath                As String


'Create an instance of Outlook
Set outlookApp = New Outlook.Application

'Get the inbox from Outlook
Set outlookInbox = outlookApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)

'Filter the items from the inbox based on the sender
Set outlookRestrictItems = outlookInbox.Items.Restrict("[SenderName] = '" & senderName & "'")

'Check whether any items were found
If outlookRestrictItems.Count = 0 Then
    MsgBox "No items were found from " & senderName & "!", vbExclamation
    Exit Sub
End If

'Sort the filtered items by received time and in descending order
outlookRestrictItems.Sort Property:="[ReceivedTime]", Descending:=True

'Get the latest item from the filtered and sorted items
Set outlookLatestItem = outlookRestrictItems(1)

'Make sure that file extension at the end of this line is correct
SavePath = saveToFolder & "\" & attachmentName & " " & CStr(Format(outlookLatestItem.ReceivedTime, "Long Date")) & ".xls"
MsgBox SavePath

'Loop through each attachment from the latest item until specified file is found
attachmentFound = False
For Each outlookAttachment In outlookLatestItem.Attachments
    If Left(UCase(outlookAttachment.FileName), Len(attachmentName)) = UCase(attachmentName) Then
        outlookAttachment.SaveAsFile SavePath 'saveToFolder & "\" & outlookAttachment.DisplayName
        attachmentFound = True
        Exit For
    End If
Next outlookAttachment

If attachmentFound Then
    MsgBox "The attachment was found and saved to '" & saveToFolder & "'!", vbInformation
Else
    MsgBox "No attachment was found!", vbExclamation
End If

Workbooks.Open FileName:=SavePath

End Sub

Evanzheng Evanzheng · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-19T08:02:43

You can use the DeliveryStore property of the Account to get its inbox. For example:

Sub ResolveName()
Dim ns As NameSpace
Set ns = Application.Session
Dim acc As Account
Dim f As Folder

For Each acc In ns.accounts
    MsgBox acc.UserName
    If acc = "[email protected]" Then
    Set f = acc.DeliveryStore.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
    MsgBox f.Items.count

End If
Next
End Sub

You can filter using acc = "[email protected]" or the acc.UserName property.

Using VBA in Excel to reference an Outlook mailbox other than Inbox

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