quite frustrated MAPIMessages1.MsgCount returns 0 always

[EvScott]

Hi, I'm using MAPISession and MAPIMessage components to access MS Outlook emails but the MAPIMessages1.MsgCount always returns 0 even though I've got 100 read emails. I've got Outlook 2002. The code I have is as follows: ... MAPISession1.Username = "Outlook" MAPIMessage1.DownloadMail = True MAPISession1.SignOn MAPIMessages1.SessionID = MAPISession1.SessionID MAPIMessages1.Fetch iNumOfMsgs = MAPIMEssages1.MsgCount 'iNumOfMsgs declared as a local var ... iNumOfMsgs returns 0 when there are 100 read emails Any help with this is very much appreciated