Dim Outl As Object

Outl = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
If Outl IsNot Nothing Then
Dim omsg As Object
omsg = Outl.CreateItem(0) '=Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem'
'set message properties here...'
omsg.Display(True) 'will display message to user
End If
Imports System.Diagnostics
Dim address As String
Process.Start(String.Format("mailto:{0}", address))
' set all possible parameters:'
'Process.Start(String.Format("mailto:{0}?
subject={1}&cc={2}&bcc={3}&body={4}", address, subject, cc, bcc, body))
' also escape spaces:'
'Process.Start(String.Format("mailto:{0}?
subject=\"{1}\"&cc={2}&bcc={3}&body=\"{4}\"", address, subject, cc, bcc,
body))