XL97: SendMail Method Prompts After You Apply Outlook E-mail Security Update (264648)

IMPORTANT: This article contains preliminary information about an unreleased product. Information in this article is subject to change prior to the final release of the Outlook E-mail Security Update.

SYMPTOMS

When you use the SendMail method in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro, you may receive the following 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".

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

REFERENCES

For more information about how other Microsoft Office products may be affected by the Outlook E-mail Security Update, please see one of the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, depending on which version of Outlook you have:

262634 OL2000: Known Issues with the Outlook E-mail Security Update

262618 OL98: Known Issues with the Outlook E-mail Security Update