I'm writing (or trying to write) some code in Excel VBA to extract the
current logged-in user's email address from Outlook. I figured out how
to go through the namespace and access the currentuser:

Sub test()

Dim a As Recipient
Set a = Outlook.Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").currentUs er

MsgBox a.AddressEntry.Address

End Sub

This returned a cryptic string that I can parse and bring to a usable
email address, but the problem is that it comes up with message saying
that it needs special permission to access the information. The error
box that comes up is: "A program is trying to access e-mail addresses
you have stored in Outlook. Do you want to allow this?" I could't find
anything in the security informatino to stop that from coming up. I
need this to be seamless so it can fit in an automated process. Is this
the best way to retrieve an email address from a login, and if so, how
do I stop that message from coming up?


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Hi,

I don't think you can get this through Outlook (version newer than 2000 sp2)
without running into this security warning. You may want to look into a
product called "Outlook Redemption", which may allow you to get around the
security warning.

Another option is to look in the registry for the user's email address. One
place I found my email addresses is subkeys of this registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\UnreadMail\

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Jake Marx
MS MVP - Excel
www.longhead.com

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I'm writing (or trying to write) some code in Excel VBA to extract the
current logged-in user's email address from Outlook. I figured out how
to go through the namespace and access the currentuser:

Sub test()

Dim a As Recipient
Set a = Outlook.Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").currentUs er

MsgBox a.AddressEntry.Address

End Sub

This returned a cryptic string that I can parse and bring to a usable
email address, but the problem is that it comes up with message saying
that it needs special permission to access the information. The error
box that comes up is: "A program is trying to access e-mail addresses
you have stored in Outlook. Do you want to allow this?" I could't find
anything in the security informatino to stop that from coming up. I
need this to be seamless so it can fit in an automated process. Is
this the best way to retrieve an email address from a login, and if
so, how do I stop that message from coming up?


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