"A program is trying to access e-mail addresses you have stored in Outlook" warning message when you send a mail merge to e-mail after you apply the Outlook Security Update (263073)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q263073 SYMPTOMS
When you send a mail merge to electronic mail (e-mail), or if you attach the Outlook Address Book as the mail merge data source, you receive the following warning message:
A program is trying to access e-mail addresses you have stored in Outlook. Do you want to allow this?
If this is unexpected, it may be a virus and you should choose "No".
If you click Yes, you receive the following message:
A program is trying to automatically send e-mail on your behalf. Do you want to allow this?
If this is unexpected, it may be a virus and you should choose "No"."
This behavior occurs whether you are running Microsoft Outlook in Internet Mode Only (IMO) or in Corporate Workgroup (CW) mode.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs if you have installed the Outlook
E-mail Security Update. The Outlook E-mail Security Update
provides additional levels of protection against malicious
e-mail messages. The update changes the way that
Outlook handles attachments and the way that Outlook
can be controlled programmatically.
For additional information about
this update, please see one of the following articles
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, depending on which
version of Outlook you have:
262631 OL2000: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update
262617 OL98: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update
STATUS
This behavior is by design with the Microsoft Outlook E-mail Security Update.
REFERENCESFor more information about mail merge feature, click Microsoft Word Help on the
Help menu, type mail merge in the Office Assistant or
the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics
returned.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 9/10/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kberrmsg kbtshoot kbbug kbnofix KB263073 |
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