Exchange Messaging Outlook
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Greetings! Welcome to Vol. 6, No. 1, of Exchange Messaging Outlook, a biweekly newsletter about Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook. Today's highlights:
Regular features:
Happy Birthday EMO! Did you notice that this is Vol. 6, Number 1, of the Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter? That's right, we've been publishing EMO for five years, longer than any other print or electronic newsletter devoted to Exchange and Outlook. The first issue on April 30, 1996, announced the first preview pane for the Exchange client (Deming Preview) and a fix for an annoying Microsoft Fax problem. The name changed to Exchange Messaging Outlook in February 1997, after Outlook 97 was released. Ironically, in that issue, we had news from David Goodhand, Microsoft Outlook group product planning manager, that Microsoft missed the mark when it tied sharing of Contacts and Calendar in Outlook solely to Microsoft Exchange Server. David promised a fix was in the works, and it arrived a year later in Outlook 98 as the Net Folders feature. Net Folders, of course, is one of the features discontinued in Outlook 2002. After its first year, EMO had about 500 subscribers. One year ago, the subscription list had grown to 2,200 names. Now it has nearly 5,000 and follows a regular biweekly schedule. You can browse the back issues at http://www.slipstick.com/emo/index.htm. To subscribe, just send a message to mailto:emo-newsletter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Update on ASP strategies In the Feb. 14, 2001, issue of EMO, I wrote that Microsoft didn't seem to be making much of an effort to help potential customers locate an application service provider (ASP) that could provide a hosted Exchange Server. Scott Restivo responded with a web site at http://www.crowcanyon.com/ExchangeASP.htm that he maintains to provide information on Exchange hosting services. This is a great service, and I hope he keeps it up-to-date. Here are some other resources to investigate if you're considering Exchange hosting:
A couple of ASPs wrote to share what they've been doing to attract and support Exchange hosting customers. Bill Coulter at Webville Networks (http://www.webville.net) writes, "The ideal customer for this type of business is the one with 5, 10 or 20 users, who are spread out in various offices with good internet connections. We love them." He agrees that Microsoft could be doing more to support its Exchange ASPs and suggests a system like that used to list FrontPage hosting providers. BTW, Webville joins Intermedia.net in offering Exchange hosting for as little as $10 per month per mailbox. David Sengupta, an Exchange MVP, writes that his company, Zivex, has been working to extend the Outlook Web Access and digital dashboard technologies to simplify the process of developing in a shared hosted environment. You can check out some of what they've done at http://www.zivex.com by signing up for the free demo of "the SmartOffice." Meanwhile, Microsoft seems to be revitalizing its ASP effort. At http://www.microsoft.com/asp/, ASPs can find information on partner certification, licensing, and design guidelines. At the same time, though, commentators at http://www.silicon.com write that ASPs, especially in Europe, are nervous about Microsoft's plans to add services to its bCentral business. Other resources for ASPs:
Outlook 98 still available on CD ... for now This might be your last chance to get Outlook 98 on CD. I was at a local bookstore this week and found five copies of Outlook 98 books from Microsoft Press that include CDs with Outlook 98. Once Office XP appears in stores May 31, those Outlook 98 books may be cleared from bookstore shelves to make room for the Outlook 2002 books. These three books have the CD. You can still order two of them from amazon.com:
Outlook loop memory leaks Outlook programmers who have used For Each ... Next loops to cycle through a folder full of items have probably encountered a situation where Outlook cannot process all the items because of a memory leak. A new MSKB article, OL2000 Memory or Performance Problems Looping Through Items, at http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q293/7/96.ASP, suggests that the problem is due in part to script firing on custom Outlook items. Apparently, a registry entry was added to Outlook in Office 2000 Service Release 1/1a to allow a maximum value for the number of simultaneous script objects, in order to reduce the memory leak impact in large loops.Latest Outlook-related viruses Your system cannot become infected by these viruses unless you open the file that the virus sends as an e-mail attachment to propagate itself: TROJ_NARCISSUS.A VBS.GORUM.A@MM VBS.ZETA.A@MM |
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BIGBROTHER MARKETING SYSTEM http://www.tervo.com/ntime.htm Contact management system using Word, Outlook and other Office programs to automate documents and other tasks. [Apparently no longer available as of 11/02] CLIPFORM FOR MICROSOFT OUTLOOK COMMENCE RM GLOBAL SYNC SERVICE MAILRULES MERLINHOLM COMPONA SSW CONTACTOR FOR OUTLOOK TEAM PLANNING WEB TEAM CENTRAL |
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Updated utilities |
ACTIVE DL http://www.discusdata.com/active/ Version 2.5 of this automation tool for Exchange 5.5 distribution lists improves scheduling and adds new reporting capabilities. OUTLOOKSPY WN MAILKEEPER |
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FAQS & HIGHLIGHTS FOR OUTLOOK 2002 http://support.microsoft.com/directory/content.asp?ID=FH;EN-US;ol2002 Quick links to help you find the information you're most likely to need LOADSIM 2000 |
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More Information |
ISSN 1523-7990 |
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Updated Apr 07 2008
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