Can CDO send email when Outlook is closed?

Question

I have an Excel macro for creating and sending an Outlook email message using CDO.  There's a reference to "Microsoft CDO 1.21 Library".  The code starts the session with:

  Set objSession = CreateObject("MAPI.Session")

Then it creates the message and runs:

  objMessage.Update
  objMessage.Send showDialog:=False
  objSession.DeliverNow

The message goes to the Outbox and sends okay if Outlook is running.  If Outlook is closed, the message goes to the Outbox but stays there until I start Outlook.  I need it to send when Outlook is closed.  How do I do this?

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

Alternatively, is there a way to know if Outlook is already running?  Then if it isn't, I could start it with the Shell function.

Answer 2

I've got it opening Outlook with its /recycle switch.  Problem solved.