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Last updated Feb 19, 2026

Send Outlook Desktop Mail Message

UiPath.Mail.Outlook.Activities.SendOutlookMail

Note:

The new version of the Outlook application impacts this activity. For more details, check New Outlook impact on UiPath Outlook Desktop activities.

Sends an email message from Outlook.

Configuring the activity

  • To - The main recipients of the email message.
  • Subject - The subject of the email message.
  • Body - The body of the email message. Select the plus menu, and then Body as html, to add the email body in HTML format. To switch back to the initial option, select the plus menu again, and then Body as text.
    Note:

    For more details on the plus menu options, check Designing automations.

Properties

Attachments
  • File path attachments - The attachments to be added to the email message.
  • File path attachment collection - Enables you to specify a list of attachments to be added to the email message. This field supports only IEnumerable<String> variables.
Common
  • TimeoutMS - Specifies the amount of time in milliseconds to wait for the activity to run before an error is thrown. The default value is 30000 milliseconds (30 seconds).
Forward
  • Mail Message - The message to be forwarded. This field only supports MailMessage objects.
Input
  • Account - The account used to send the messages.
  • Send on behalf of - The display name of the sender of the mail message. This field supports only strings and String variables.
Options
  • Continue on error - Specifies if the automation should continue even when the activity throws an error. This field only supports Boolean values (True, False). The default value is False. As a result, if the field is not configured and an error is thrown, the execution of the project stops. If the value is set to True, the execution of the project continues regardless of any error.
  • Importance - Specifies the importance of the mail message. Select one of the following options, where Normal is the default one:
    • Low
    • Normal
    • High
  • Is draft - Specifies whether the message should be saved as a draft.
  • Reply to - The email addresses to be used when replying.
  • Sensitivity - Specifies the sensitivity of the mail message. Select one of the following options, where Normal is the default one::
    • Normal
    • Personal
    • Private
    • Confidential
Receiver
  • BCC - The hidden recipients of the email message.
  • CC - The secondary recipients of the email message.
  • Configuring the activity
  • Properties

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