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Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 1

Exchange 5.5 SP1 is no longer available. You'll need to install a later update or upgrade to a newer version of Exchange. You may be able to find the installation files on the Internet if you search for the file name.

For detailed information on Service Pack 1 for Exchange Server 5.5, use one of these methods:

  • (RTF format) Download and run the self-extracting SP1_55RE.EXE file, then read the Readme.rtf (English), Lisezmoi.rtf (French) or Info.rtf (German) file.
  • (HTML format with contents and index) Download and run the self-extracting SP1_55RE.EXE and SP1_55DC.EXE files, making sure that you extract them to the same folder (for example, a new folder named \SP1). Then, launch the Readme.htm (English), Lisezmoi.htm (French) or Info.htm (German) file.
  • Fixes & Features

  • An update to Outlook Web Access (OWA) that adds a Contacts module, the ability to check recipient names against the Exchange global address list and the ability to change the domain login password
  • Outlook HTML form converter wizard to convert Outlook forms to Active Server Pages forms for use with web browsers (Download the SP1_55FO.EXE file.)
  • Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) 1.21
  • Exchange Routing Objects for developing workflow applications
  • Message journaling to save all messages, in accordance with various industry regulations and company practices, to a mailbox, public folder or custom recipient
  • Updated Clean Mailbox utility to properly handle Outlook's non-mail folders and delete messages based either on the received date or the date the item was last modified
  • Support for S/MIME certificates issued by Microsoft Certificate Server
  • Easier configuration of the "turf directory" to create an exclusion filter for messages from certain senders and domains
  • An updated version of the Outlook 98 Deployment Kit (only on the CD version of SP1)
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    Availability

    SP1 is no longer available for download from Microsoft.

    See the Readme.txt file for more information about what is in this Service Pack.

    The download files include only a few updates for installation directly on client systems:

  • Updated 16-bit Windows client
  • Updated Macintosh client supporting Motorola M680x0 processors and Power Macintosh systems running MacOS 8, including version 8.1.
  • For the 32-bit client, an update file that extracts three separate updates:
  • Language pack
  • Schedule+ Exchange Transport DLL that allows you to open Microsoft Outlook calendards from within Schedule+ 7.x.
  • S/MIME program updates to enable Outlook 98 and Outlook Express 4.01 recipients to decrypt S/MIME messages sent to more than 15 addresses
  • A complete update to the 32-bit Windows client is NOT available for download. The client that comes with SP1 is Outlook 98, available only on the SP1 CD.

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    More Information

  • Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 Service Pack 3
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    Updated Jul 15 2008

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