Thanks for the reply (the only one I received), but unfortunately what you refer me to is not a solution to the problem I'm having.

Russell

>Russell, perhaps this message will help:
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>Re: Autosend email without annoying outlook message Thread #740746 Message #740748
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>which is FAQ:
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>How do I avoid the annoying Outlook dialog sending Outlook automation or MAPI email? FAQ #8155
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>>I've got a control that sends e-mail for me using the MAPIMessages and
>>MAPISession objects. It has to work with addresses that are not necessarily
>>in the address book of the sender. If the recipient's address is not in the
>>sender's address book, the user gets an "Unknown Recipient". The user can
>>click Ok and the e-mail message will come up, but when it is actually sent,
>>it fails with a "Your message did not reach some of the intended recipients"
>>message. Please note that this is not a bounce back. Outlook must be
>>trying again to resolve the name against the address book and when it can't,
>>it just won't send it. So I located some documentation on how to build an
>>e-mail address that would pass muster without being in the address book.
>>
>>Basically the address had to have a format like this:
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>><Name>[SMTP:<e-mail address>]
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>>With an example being "Bob Smith[SMTP:bob.smith@thisnamedoesnotexist.com]"
>>(without the quotes, of course).
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>>Unfortunately, this is not working and now I can't find the document that
>>showed me how to format an address that will pass muster and be sent even if
>>it does not resolve to an entry in the address book. There must be a way to
>>do this, since it would be asinine to expect every address that e-mail might
>>be sent to to also be in the address book. I'm sure it's just a minor thing
>>to get it working, but I've tried little changes here and there and haven't
>>hit upon the right format. Does anyone know how to make this work?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Russell Campbell