ExpiryTime Property

Microsoft Outlook Visual Basic

Returns or sets a Date indicating the date and time at which the item becomes invalid and can be deleted. Read/write.

expression.ExpiryTime

expression    Required. An expression that returns a MailItem, MeetingItem, or PostItem object.

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses the Send event and sends an item with an automatic expiration date.

Public WithEvents myItem As MailItem
  
Sub SendMyMail()
	Set myItem = Outlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)
	myItem.To = "Laura Jennings"
	myItem.Subject = "Data files information"
	myItem.Send
End Sub

Private Sub myItem_Send(Cancel As Boolean)
	myItem.ExpiryTime = #2/2/2003 4:00:00 PM#
End Sub