How to set High Priority on a %Net.MailMessage object?

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Ben Spead · Sep 8, 2021

Does anyone know how to set an email as High priority when it is sent using a %Net.MailMessage object? Somehow I can't seem to put my finger on it.

Thanks!

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Chris Stewart · Sep 8, 2021

HI Ben,

I believe this is implemented specifically on each mail server and client, so there is no standard for it: See https://www.chilkatsoft.com/p/p_471.asp for details

You can set these headers, but there's no guarantee the client or receiving server will take note of them

HTH

Chris

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Muhammad Waseem · Sep 8, 2021

Hi Ben Spead,

You can set priority by adding additional headers such as X-Priority and others. e.g:

 do msg.Headers.SetAt(1,"X-Priority")
 do msg.Headers.SetAt("High","X-MSMail-Priority")
 do msg.Headers.SetAt("High","Importance")

Thanks

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score 0 · Answer 1 · 2021-09-08T10:51:13-04:00

Thanks Chris! Interesting article and it got me what I needed :) I ended up writing and testing the same thing as Muhammad posted for an answer and it works for Outlook (which is good enough for me for now)

Thanks again!

score 0 · Answer 2 · 2021-09-08T10:50:16-04:00

Ben Spead · Sep 8, 2021

Thank you @Muhammad Waseem!! I had just written this out based on @Chris Stewart's answer.

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