"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

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:

If you click Yes, you receive the following message:

This behavior occurs whether you are running Microsoft Outlook in Internet Mode Only (IMO) or in Corporate Workgroup (CW) mode.

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:

This behavior is by design with the Microsoft Outlook E-mail Security Update.

The Word for Windows Mail Merge feature can normally display merged documents in the following formats:

• Printer
• New Document
• Electronic Fax (if installed)
• Electronic Mail (if installed)

For 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.