I would put it in another way: Is it ethical for Outlook to claim that it provide a security feature that an user (or company) count on it, when is so easy to circumvent by amateurs hackers?
On the other hand: I think is only ethical to do it when you tell the user about what you are about to do. I mean, you may need in your program to send an email from the user account to get her email address without asking her to re-type it. You may want to do this for two reasons: 1. You may not want the user to find out about your trick from Outlook: it looks un-ethical, and the user may cancel it on the spot! 2. Outlook may not tell you back (in your program) that user canceled the email! You may have no way to know that the user did not complete properly the registration process... I use this technique (with MAPI) mostly for registration process. For error reporting I use NFTP (whatever) with the user accept for sending bug-reporting emails. The advantages of this alternate technique is that the bug report does not end in the Sent box of user's Outlook, while the sender address is mine. Then, my Outlook can automatically categorize (and process) bug-reporting emails; easier - anyway... Horia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Glen Thompson Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 9:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [delphi-en] Emails Settings These "are you sure" messages can come from my Outlook (2000) without Exchange. I see them on my home PC every time I fill in a football tipping competition spreadsheet that has some Outlook-specific email code. They only started recently for me, probably as a result of a Windows upgrade. I didn't set it consciously, but I don't mind the additional security it offers. I'm sure it can be switched off if you don't want it. Question: If a user (or company) has this option set intentionally, is it ethical to circumvent their wishes? It is a bit disappointing to hear that you can, and therefore hackers can do this too, and Outlook's claimed security feature is no longer effective? Glen Thompson ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/i7folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
