A program is trying to access email addresses you have

[Guest]

I have an automated program that sends out daily reports via email at 3am.
Since upgrading to office 2003 I am getting the security warning that advises
if this is unexpected it may be a virus and do I want to allow or not allow
the action. Allow the action gives a choice of for 1 minute, 2, 5, or 10
minutes. If I leave at 5pm and the report sends at 3am 10 minutes obviously
isn't going to work. I need to tell Outlook to allow this program
unrestricted access to the address book so these reports will continue to
work.

 

[BillR [MVP]]

You don't! The author of that program needs to modify the code to deal with
the Outlook blocking mechanism or you need to look for an alternate
application that doesn't trigger the security prompt.

 

[Michael Bednarek]

I have an automated program that sends out daily reports via email at 3am.
Since upgrading to office 2003 I am getting the security warning that advises
if this is unexpected it may be a virus and do I want to allow or not allow
the action. Allow the action gives a choice of for 1 minute, 2, 5, or 10
minutes. If I leave at 5pm and the report sends at 3am 10 minutes obviously
isn't going to work. I need to tell Outlook to allow this program
unrestricted access to the address book so these reports will continue to
work.

I have dealt with this situation here through the "Outlook Security Form
template", see:
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;263297>.
Properly configured, it works fine in OL11.

Or you can cheat and use ClickYes
<http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html>.
Quote:
"Express ClickYes is a tiny program that sits in the taskbar and clicks
the Yes button on behalf of you, when Outlook's Security Guard opens
prompt dialog saying that a program is trying to send an email with
Outlook or access its address book."