Re: Obtain Outlook Signature in Email

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From: Gerry Hickman (gerry666uk_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 02/04/05 

Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 22:59:58 +0000

Hi Curtis,

What I've seen of Outlooks's object model does not impress me. Maybe
some guys here disagree? I remember all the hype about it when it first
gained scripting support, but it's almost like it became an
embarrasement. There are (a few) legitimate uses of automating an e-mail
client, specifically when the operation is very specific to the user.
e.g. the marketing person is able to automate creation of a newsletter
and you want it to be "From:" that person and have their sig etc. Most
generic automated e-mail operations would be done on a mail server though...

You can obtain information from Active Directory (assuming you have
permissions to the objects, and assuming AD is properly config'd on your
network). You'll have to be a bit more specific about what you mean by
"obtain the person's UserID".

Curtis wrote:
> Thanks for the help. I am somewhat of a novice with VBScript. I am
> self-taught and have used scripts primarily for automating desktop
> functions using Excel. This is my first venture into scripting Outlook.
> What I now need to figure out is how to access the Active Directory to
> obtain the person's userid. Do you know of any good examples that I can
> model? Thanks.
>
> Curtis
>
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