Re: Automating saving encrypted attachments in Outlook 2000 using VB

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From: Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] (suemvp_at_outlookcode.com)
Date: 05/24/04 

Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 09:54:40 -0400

I don't know of any alternatives for accessing the encrypted attachments.
There are certainly none within the Outlook object model.

Outlook will trigger security prompts when you use any method that could be
used to harvest email addresses from messages. See
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/sec.htm for ways to avoid them. 

-- 
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
     Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
     Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
     http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
"j" <j_mcmullin76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1603d3ce.0405240027.69da3c51@posting.google.com...
> Thanks for your response Sue. I gather from your response then that
> this type issue is only the first of my problems i.e. even if I can
> get the code to stop bombing at each encrypted mail, I'll still have
> problems saving off the attachments assoicated with these mails. Am I
> right? If I can't do this with the Outlook object model/API, do you
> (or anybody else) have any suggestions for alternative approaches?
>
> Whatever approach I take must also try to avoid the security errors
> that crop up when trying to automate mail manipulation. BTW I'm not
> trying to SEND mails, just trying to save off their attachemtns and
> move mails into various sub folders. I'm not sure that this makes any
> difference to the security monitor within Outlook but I thought I
> should mention just it in case.
>
> Anyway,
> Thanks again,
> J
>
>
> "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp@outlookcode.com> wrote in message
news:<uyJpS8yPEHA.2236@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>...
> > Outlook provides no programmatic way to access encrypted information.
You
> > can determine what type of item you're working with by declaring olMi as
> > Object, not MailItem, and checking its Class property.
> >

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