Posted by Mike Saunders on August 21, 2007 at 06:36:48:
FYI,
As I had to revisit emailing with a new .net project...
(See also: http://support.signature.net/messages/3620.htm)
It is possible to bypass the Outlook Object Model Guard.
For details see this http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=52
The way to get around the security in Outlook is to use
Extended MAPI instead of MAPI.
Extended MAPI is directly only programmable through C++ and from my understanding does get quite involved.
But wrappers are available and the above link refers to a couple ways to get around the security.
The wrapper I found for my VB.Net project is...
http://www.codeproject.com/internet/CMapiEx.asp
As a side note, if I am following what I have read, in Outlook 2007, as long as Outlook sees an upto date AntiVirus solution, the security block is disabled.