How to Supress the Outlook Warning : "A program is trying to access e-mail addresses"

When virus writers realized that they could make use of Outlook's built-in macro language (VBA) to perform mass-mailings, Microsoft responded by issuing a security patch that has been in Office ever since. The patch intercepts external attempts to use MAPI to send emails, and forces the user to approve the outgoing emails by issuing the following prompt:

"A program is trying to access e-mail addresses you have stored in Outlook. Do you want to allow this?"

This is a commendable security feature, but it's terribly annoying if you run software (or a script) that legitimately sends email via MAPI. PTFB Pro can handle this irritation for you, but thanks to a bit of inconsiderate coding by Microsoft, you'll have to use the single press method, NOT the sequence/macro method. Here's how:

When the offending Outlook security message next appears:

1. Open up PTFB Pro's main window (click the blue mouse icon in the tray area of the taskbar when PTFB Pro is running)
2. Click "Single Press"
3. Move the hand cursor over the "Yes" button in the Outlook security message and click to define the target
4. Press "Start Watching" in PTFB Pro to take care of the message

If you haven't changed PTFB Pro's settings, the new target will have a 1 second delay before it dismisses the Outlook warnings. If you'd rather have PTFB Pro handle the dialogs as fast as possible, you can reduce the delay to 0 seconds. This is described in the PTFB Pro on-line help sections "Automating Button Pushing - Tweaking the Settings" and "Target Properties - Basic".

Finally, please bear in mind that Microsoft added this security feature to Outlook with the best of intentions. PTFB Pro can't discriminate between legitimate attempts to send email and the work of rogue scripts and viruses - if you use PTFB Pro to override the warning dialogs, you assume the associated risks.