>I'm using Outlook 2000 which prompts for a user id, exchange server, and password and I was wondering if there was a way to automate the Outlook login programmatically?

You have to create Oulook profile first

oOutLookObject = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
* Get Namespace and log in
oNameSpace = oOutlookObject.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
oNameSpace.Logon("ProfileName", "Password")