How to
Supress the Outlook Warning : "A program is trying to access e-mail
addresses"
For  Windows
7, 2008, Vista, XP, 2003, 2000
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When virus writers realized that they could make use of Outlook's
built-in macro language (VBA) to perform mass-mailings, Microsoft responded
by issuing a security patch that has been in Office ever since. The patch
intercepts external attempts to use MAPI to send emails, and forces the user
to approve the outgoing emails by issuing the following prompt:
"A program is trying to access e-mail addresses you have
stored in Outlook. Do you want to allow this?"
This is a commendable security feature, but it's terribly annoying
if you run software (or a script) that legitimately sends email via
MAPI. PTFB Pro can handle this irritation for you, but thanks to a
bit of inconsiderate coding by Microsoft, you'll have to use the single
press method, NOT the sequence/macro method.
How to do it ...
Next time the offending Outlook security message appears :
- Open up PTFB Pro's main window by clicking on its tray
icon
- Click on "Single Press". The cursor will now
change to a hand with an outstretched finger.
- Move the hand cursor over the "Yes" button in
the Outlook security message and click to define the target.
- That's all there is to it!
To put PTFB Pro to work, click "Start Watching", or press
the close box in the top-right corner. PTFB Pro will minimize to
the system tray and keep watch for the offending dialog and handle
it for you in future.
If you haven't changed PTFB Pro's settings, the new target
will have a 1 second delay before it dismisses the Outlook warnings.
If you'd
rather have PTFB Pro handle the dialogs as fast as possible, you can
reduce the delay to 0 seconds. This is described in the PTFB Pro on-line
help sections "Automating Button Pushing - Tweaking the Settings" and "Target
Properties - Basic".
Finally, please bear in mind that Microsoft
added this security feature to Outlook with the best of intentions.
PTFB Pro can't discriminate
between legitimate attempts to send email and the work of rogue scripts
and viruses - if you use PTFB Pro to override the warning dialogs,
you assume the associated risks.
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