RE: How to avoid a warning message box when sending email via Outlook
[Dermot Doran] | I'm very new to using win32com! I just want to send an email | message via Outlook. However, I keep getting an annoying | message box (generated by Outlook) indicating that my program | could be a virus. Does anybody know how to get around this? As far as I've ever been able to tell, you're stuck with it. Obviously, in a sense, since otherwise any would-be virus / zombie program would simply turn the option off before using Outlook to send out its emails! TJG This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to avoid a warning message box when sending email via Outlook
Hi Tim, looks like I might be back to the drawing board :-( Thanks for letting me know what your experiences have been. I'm kind of surprised that it works this way since the ns.logon() allows me to access the Outlook address book without any problems. Without the logon I get another warning box requesting that I allow access to an external program. Ah well. Cheers!! Dermot. On 31/08/06, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Dermot Doran]| I'm very new to using win32com! I just want to send an email| message via Outlook. However, I keep getting an annoying | message box (generated by Outlook) indicating that my program| could be a virus. Does anybody know how to get around this?As far as I've ever been able to tell, you're stuck with it.Obviously, in a sense, since otherwise any would-be virus / zombie program would simply turn the option off before usingOutlook to send out its emails!TJGThis e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactiveanti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit:http://www.star.net.uk --http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
RE: How to avoid a warning message box when sending email via Outlook
[Dermot Doran] | looks like I might be back to the drawing board :-( Thanks | for letting me know what your experiences have been. Just to elaborate slightly on that experience, if all I want to do is to send an email (ie not look up addresses on Contacts or do any fancy Outlook-related thing) then I just use an SMTP server. Here at work the admins have Exchange set up as an SMTP server, which may or may not be the case for you. At home or from websites etc. I simply use whichever SMTP server I'd normally send mail through. Obviously this won't do anything like keeping a copy in your Sent Mail box etc. but it will at least work, and with a bit more effort you may be able to do things like that manually. TJG BTW, people in this group will tend to frown on top-posting, even though we Outlook users have to work around Outlook's tendency to offer it a [Reply] ;) This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to avoid a warning message box when sending email via Outlook
Tim Golden wrote: > [Dermot Doran] > > | I'm very new to using win32com! I just want to send an email > | message via Outlook. However, I keep getting an annoying > | message box (generated by Outlook) indicating that my program > | could be a virus. Does anybody know how to get around this? > > As far as I've ever been able to tell, you're stuck with it. > Obviously, in a sense, since otherwise any would-be virus / > zombie program would simply turn the option off before using > Outlook to send out its emails! Can't remember the details, but last time I looked (a year ago) you could avoid this if you changed a setting for the user at the exchange server. I found this out by doing a bit of googling and can't remember what I did, but managed to solve the same problem. Giles -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to avoid a warning message box when sending email via Outlook
Hi Giles, Yep, the admin can override this. I've been doing some of my own hunting around and it would appear that you can: - Resolve this if you have admin rights. - Use Outlook Redemption http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/ - Use Extended MAPI - Install ClickYes http://www.contextmagic.com/ - Have the Enterprise migrate to Linux! Yes!! Thanks for responding! Cheers!! Dermot. P.S. Apologies for top posting (doing this quickly via GMail)! On 31 Aug 2006 03:51:08 -0700, Giles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Tim Golden wrote:> [Dermot Doran]>> | I'm very new to using win32com! I just want to send an email > | message via Outlook. However, I keep getting an annoying> | message box (generated by Outlook) indicating that my program> | could be a virus. Does anybody know how to get around this?> > As far as I've ever been able to tell, you're stuck with it.> Obviously, in a sense, since otherwise any would-be virus /> zombie program would simply turn the option off before using> Outlook to send out its emails! Can't remember the details, but last time I looked (a year ago) youcould avoid this if you changed a setting for the user at the exchangeserver. I found this out by doing a bit of googling andcan't remember what I did, but managed to solve the same problem. Giles--http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to avoid a warning message box when sending email via Outlook
Thanks Tim! We have smtp bolted to the floor :-( On 31/08/06, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [Dermot Doran]| looks like I might be back to the drawing board :-( Thanks| for letting me know what your experiences have been. Just to elaborate slightly on that experience, if all I wantto do is to send an email (ie not look up addresses on Contactsor do any fancy Outlook-related thing) then I just use an SMTPserver. Here at work the admins have Exchange set up as an SMTP server, which may or may not be the case for you. At homeor from websites etc. I simply use whichever SMTP server I'dnormally send mail through.Obviously this won't do anything like keeping a copy in your Sent Mail box etc. but it will at least work, and with a bitmore effort you may be able to do things like that manually.TJGBTW, people in this group will tend to frown on top-posting,even though we Outlook users have to work around Outlook's tendency to offer it a [Reply] ;)This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. Theservice is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit:http://www.star.net.uk-- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to avoid a warning message box when sending email via Outlook
On 2006-08-31, Tim Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [Dermot Doran] > >| I'm very new to using win32com! I just want to send an email >| message via Outlook. However, I keep getting an annoying >| message box (generated by Outlook) indicating that my program >| could be a virus. Does anybody know how to get around this? > > As far as I've ever been able to tell, you're stuck with it. There is a DLL you can use to call Outlook to avoid that. http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/ It wraps the Outlook COM objects and accesses them in a way that doesn't trigger the warning. [The security BS is bypassed if you call DLL entries directly from C/C++ instead of via the COM interface.] > Obviously, in a sense, since otherwise any would-be virus / > zombie program would simply turn the option off before using > Outlook to send out its emails! Like most of Microsoft's "security" features, it provides zero real protection and a lot of real annoyance. Anybody who really wants to can bypass it. "Where do you want to be frustrated today?" -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Today, THREE WINOS at from DETROIT sold me a visi.comframed photo of TAB HUNTER before his MAKEOVER! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to avoid a warning message box when sending email via Outlook
> [Dermot Doran] > > | I'm very new to using win32com! I just want to send an email > | message via Outlook. However, I keep getting an annoying > | message box (generated by Outlook) indicating that my program > | could be a virus. Does anybody know how to get around this? The users in our office have a little program called ClickYes.exe that sits in the system tray and automatically clicks yes when this pops up. Hardly elegant but it solves their problem. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
