XL2000: SendMail Method Prompts After You Apply Outlook E-mail Security Update

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This article was previously published under Q263107

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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".

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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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262631/EN-US/ ) OL2000: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update

262617 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262617/EN-US/ ) OL98: Information About the Outlook E-mail Security Update

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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 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262634/EN-US/ ) OL2000: Known Issues with the Outlook E-mail Security Update

262618 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262618/EN-US/ ) OL98: Known Issues with the Outlook E-mail Security Update

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