Script that runs in Outlook via Rules Wizard. Trying to attach a digital certificate for security settings.

Even with this digital cert, Outlook still prompts me when it's time to run the script.
Per the help links below, I've set Outlook script security to "High" and "Very High", after seeing that my personal cert is installed as "trusted".

Still get prompted every time the rule tries to run saying something like "script is trying to access outlook email addresses". If answer YES, it runs correctly, but I don't want to have to be there to answer YES in person all the time.

OFF2000: Using SelfCert to Create a Digital Certificate for VBA Projects

This guy has some hints on how to hook up the digital certificate and get Outlook to trust your cert.

Well, this seems to explain it. Seems that an Outlook security patch a while ago (back in the Outlook 2002 days?) prohibits sending email (or accessing address lists) from within a script, add-in, etc. A prompt is shown, forcing the user to be there and decide to send the email. (Obviously, this is to prohibit scripts that spam 1000s of outbound emails).

This prompt behavior apparently happens even if the script is signed, etc.
Oh well, guess I'm out of luck.

Finally, there are some other hints, ideas in this google search

keywords: outlook rules wizard run script security warning vba visual basic

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