Greetings! Welcome to Vol. 2, No. 9 of Exchange Messaging Outlook, an occasional newsletter about Microsoft Exchange, Windows Messaging and Microsoft Outlook, both for users of Windows 95 and NT 4.0 and for organizations using Microsoft Exchange Server.
Today's highlights:
Regular features:
There is good news and bad news from the Microsoft Network. The good news is that the conversion to standard Internet POP3 mail servers is well under way with the distribution of thousands of MSN 2.5 CDs. MSN members in the U.S. can order the CD from http://free.msn.com/upgrade/default.asp?campaign=XLQT-DM-A539. Outside the U.S., look in Member Services under MSN Software Updates for information. Or, look under the Classic tree for a file called Update to MSN 2.5. If all else fails, send a message to Member Services.
The bad news is that users of Microsoft Exchange and Windows Messaging are left out in the cold. To access the new mail servers, you need a mail program that supports Secure Password Authentication (SPA). MSN 2.5 automatically installs Outlook Express, which includes SPA. You can also get SPA by installing the IMEP patch for Microsoft Outlook 97 or the Office 97 Service Release 1 (though sometimes IMEP fails to install with SR-1). But if all you have is Exchange or Windows Messaging, you're out of luck and will need to stick to the Microsoft Network service to get your mail the old "classic" way.
Once you get the MSN 2.5 CD, visit our page at http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/msnpop3.htm for details on how to get Outlook 97 working with your migrated mail account and what you'll need to do to your address book to avoid "no transport provider" messages.
Windows NT users: While MSN still doesn't have software for NT, you will be able to access your mail with Outlook+IMEP after you migrate the mailbox. Run the MSN 2.5 software on a Windows 95 machine to make the changes in the mailbox, then install Outlook 97+IMEP or Outlook Express on your NT system.
The next version of Exchange Server, 5.5, is due to be released later this month at Comdex in Las Vegas. It will include an update for Outlook 97 -- version 8.03 -- with tweaks like mailbox scripting and incremental downloads of offline address books -- that will make it worth updating your clients. See http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/ol803.htm for more about the new Outlook 8.03.
Office 97 SR-1 international versions
International versions of the Office 97 SR-1 patch (aka Outlook 8.02) are now available for download in German, Dutch, Swedish, Italian, French and Spanish. Norwegian, Hungarian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Czech and Finnish versions should also be appearing soon.
Outside the U.S., to order the Enterprise Update CD (highly recommended if you have a full retail copy of Office 97), call your local Microsoft subsidiary. If you don't know who to call, you can get the number from http://www.microsoft.com/worldwide/.
Optimus Pro
Application for financial services and insurance agents using Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Access to share information
http://www.sales-solutions.com/optimus/index.htmlSetNet Mail Connector
Application to retrieve mail from one or more POP3 mailboxes and make it available to everyone on your network
http://www.setnet.com/PubJournal for Microsoft Outlook
Shareware utility to make journal entries for public folder Contacts available to all users, not just the person who created it.
http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/pubjournal.htmFAXserve for Windows NT
Network fax software from Computer Associates' Cheyenne division that works with Exchange and Outlook clients without requiring Microsoft Exchange Server.
http://www.cai.com/press/97oct/faxserve_nt.htmKinesphere Interchange for Microsoft Mail
Adds SMTP/POP3 capabilities to a workgroup or Microsoft Mail postoffice.
http://www.kinesphere.com/Dates and Data
Extensive collection of more than 4,000 dates that can be imported into Microsoft Outlook or Schedule+ individually or in a group. Includes national holidays, famous people's birthdays, religious holidays and sports events. Customized versions also available.
http://w3.one.net/~olivierf/dates/Lightning for Outlook
Provides quick access to Microsoft Outlook tasks, calendar and contacts without loading the entire Outlook application. Right-click on any date on the Lightning calendar to get a summary of your appointments and tasks and the number of unread e-mail messages. Cool features include drag-and-drop from many Windows applications to create new contacts, logging of WordPerfect documents and lots of natural language processing.
http://www.catalystinnovations.com/html/outlook_products.htmlListsNet Tuner for Microsoft Outlook and Exchange
Add-in that works with the ListsNet web site to simplify the task of subscribing to Internet mailing lists and sorting list messages into different folders
http://www.listsnet.com/Phone Message
Simple MAPI-enabled application for easy entry of "while you were out" and other phone messages. Version 2.0 adds a Carbon Copy feature, new default window colors, support for Dutch and Danish and access to the Exchange/Outlook Address book.
http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/gallery.htm#phonemessageYooDoorMat
A wizard that imports addresses (including distribution lists) from Eudora into a Personal Address Book. Version 1.0.1 fixes a minor bug.
http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/gallery.htm#yoodoormatMicrosoft Network
The MSN 2.5 CD (no download available) allows you to update your mailbox to POP3. Requires Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook with the IMEP patch. Does not support Windows Messaging or Microsoft Exchange.
http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/msnpop3.htmCuneiform OCR
Version 3.0 of this multi-language optical character recognition program, one of the few that can handle Microsoft Fax .awd files directly, through its own FaxReader utility (which works only if you have Cuneiform installed).
http://www.ocr.com/MySchedule
Microsoft Outlook utility to send e-mail reminders from Calendar appointments. Freeware. Version 1.0.0 update includes various tweaks and bug fixes.
http://www.markchavez.com/myschedule/myschedule.htmWinFax Pro
Version 8.02 adds an option to log uncompleted calls and fixes a problem on Windows NT with running from just an adminstrator account. Caution, though: Messages on the symantec.support.winnt.winfax8.general newsgroup indicate mixed results. Some users had problems after installing the 8.02 patch over the 8.01 patch. An apparently successful upgrade method is to export any messages, faxes, phone books, cover pages that you want to keep; then removee WinFax, reinstall it from the 8.0 CD, then install the 8.02 patch. The news server is service.symantec.com if your local server doesn't carry it.
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/products/winfax_pro/ver8/updates/patch802.exe or use Help | Live Update on the WinFax menu to update your system.Chilton Preview
The version 0.4.2 update fixes several problems with this very popular preview pane add-in for Microsoft Outlook.
http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/gallery.htm#previewUpdated Awfxcg32.dll file
For Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 users to avoid an error message when exiting Outlook or Exchange from a profile using Microsoft Fax. Copy to your \Windows\System folder. See the MSKB article Outlook Caused an Invalid Page Fault in AWFXCG32.DLL at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q175/3/14.asp for more information.
http://www.superlink.net/~vince/awfxcg32.zipCS2Exchange
Version 2.06.028 adds support for CompuServe's OS2CIM to this utility for converting CompuServe messages and addresses to Exchange or Outlook .pst and .pab files.
http://www.cs2exchange.com
We've added links to excellent sources of information on two key topics of interest to Exchange and Outlook users. For support for Outlook Express, visit Eric Miller's User Tips for Outlook Express at http://www.activeie.com/oe/. For general Windows modem issues, you'll find lots of tips in John Navas' Modem FAQ at http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq_e.htm.
Get the answers from the Microsoft Exchange, Windows Messaging and Microsoft Outlook FAQs at http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/faqs.htm.
The Microsoft Outlook FAQ has a Table of Contents at http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/outlfaq.htm to help you find answers faster. New and updated items are at the bottom of the page.
Ask new questions and provide other feedback for the Slipstick Systems Exchange Center FAQs at http://www.slipstick.com/exchange/faqfdbk.htm.
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