A program is trying to automatically send an e-mail on your behalf

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Graham Colbourne

I have a piece of software that is sending email on
certain actions and I keep getting a message saying A
program is trying to automatically send an e-mail on your
behalf anf I have to click yes to allow it to send how do
I turn this off?
any ideas?
 
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Gordon Burgess-Parker

Graham said:
I have a piece of software that is sending email on
certain actions and I keep getting a message saying A
program is trying to automatically send an e-mail on your
behalf anf I have to click yes to allow it to send how do
I turn this off?
any ideas?

Don't think you can, AFAIK.
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP]

The security dialogs that pop up when an application tries to access certain Outlook properties and methods are designed to inhibit the spread of viruses via Outlook; see http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec. They cannot be simply turned on or off with a user option or registry setting.

However, Outlook 2003 does not show security prompts on three specific types of applications:

-- VBScript code in published, non-oneoff Outlook forms

-- Outlook VBA code that uses the intrinsic Application object

-- Outlook COM add-ins properly constructed to derive all objects from the Application object passed by the OnConnection event

In earlier versions of Outlook, standalone users can use a free tool called Express ClickYes (http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) to click the security dialog buttons automatically. Beware that this means if a virus tries to send mail using Outlook or gain access to your address book, it will succeed.

If you're the administrator in an Exchange Server environment, you can reduce the impact of the security prompts with administrative tools. See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/admin.htm

If it's an application you wrote yourself and either your application needs to support versions besides Outlook 2003 or your application runs extenal to Outlook, you have these options for modifying your program to avoid the security prompts (roughly in order of preference):

-- Use Extended MAPI (see http://www.slipstick.com/dev/mapi.htm) and C++ or Delphi; this is the most secure method and the only one that Microsoft recommends. However, it applies only to COM add-ins and external programs; you cannot use Extended MAPI in Outlook forms or VBA.

-- Use Redemption (http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/), a third-party COM library that wraps around Extended MAPI but parallels the Outlook Object Model, providing many methods that the Outlook model does not support

-- Use SendKeys to "click" the buttons on the security dialogs that your application may trigger. See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec for a link to sample code.

-- Program the free Express ClickYes (http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) tool to start suspended and turn it on only when your program needs to have the buttons clicked automatically.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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Graham Colbourne

Thanks, That save me spending too much time on it. I'll
have to talk to the development guys and get the links re
wrote.
-----Original Message-----
The security dialogs that pop up when an application
tries to access certain Outlook properties and methods are
designed to inhibit the spread of viruses via Outlook; see
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec. They
cannot be simply turned on or off with a user option or
registry setting.
However, Outlook 2003 does not show security prompts on
three specific types of applications:
-- VBScript code in published, non-oneoff Outlook forms

-- Outlook VBA code that uses the intrinsic Application object

-- Outlook COM add-ins properly constructed to derive
all objects from the Application object passed by the
OnConnection event
In earlier versions of Outlook, standalone users can use
a free tool called Express ClickYes (http://www.express-
soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) to click the security
dialog buttons automatically. Beware that this means if a
virus tries to send mail using Outlook or gain access to
your address book, it will succeed.
If you're the administrator in an Exchange Server
environment, you can reduce the impact of the security
prompts with administrative tools. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/admin.htm
If it's an application you wrote yourself and either your
application needs to support versions besides Outlook 2003
or your application runs extenal to Outlook, you have
these options for modifying your program to avoid the
security prompts (roughly in order of preference):
-- Use Extended MAPI (see
http://www.slipstick.com/dev/mapi.htm) and C++ or Delphi;
this is the most secure method and the only one that
Microsoft recommends. However, it applies only to COM add-
ins and external programs; you cannot use Extended MAPI in
Outlook forms or VBA.
-- Use Redemption
(http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/), a third-party COM
library that wraps around Extended MAPI but parallels the
Outlook Object Model, providing many methods that the
Outlook model does not support
-- Use SendKeys to "click" the buttons on the
security dialogs that your application may trigger. See
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup.htm#autosec for a
link to sample code.
-- Program the free Express ClickYes
(http://www.express-soft.com/mailmate/clickyes.html) tool
to start suspended and turn it on only when your program
needs to have the buttons clicked automatically.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



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