Mail merge

[Janj]

Since updating to Office XP, when one of my users gets
the message that a third party is trying to send an emal
message. It requires a response from her on every
message. Is there a work around for this in XP. There
are times when she has some 1000+ messages to send.

 

[Cheryl Fischer]

Questions regarding the Outlook Security prompt are asked very frequently.
The most complete answer has been provided by Outlook MVP Sue Mosher and is
as follows:


"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. If you are a standalone
user, Outlook provides no way to suppress this behavior. However, you 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, you can use one of these
approaches to redo the program:

-- 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
recommendeds.

-- Use Redemption (http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/), a third-party
COM library that wraps around Extended MAPI but parallels the Outlook Object
Model

-- 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
http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm

END OF QUOTED MATERIAL


I have used Express ClickYes in a few applications for clients along with
the code provided at their website for turning it on and off. It works well
and the only problem I have found is convincing the users to keep their
hands off the mouse.

hth,

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Actually, if the mail merge is being done simply between Word and
Outlook in Office XP, and it's in HTML format, the April 25, 2002,
update for Word 2002 should fix this issue. You can find this
documented in the following article, which also contains a link to the
MSKB article for the Word update in question (look at the Outlook 2002
paragraphs under "Word Mail Merge").

http://www.slipstick.com/contacts/startletter.htm

If there are other Office programs being used in the merge -- Access,
for example -- the security prompt may still be triggered. I'm not sure
because I haven't tried it.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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