Exchange Messaging Outlook
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Greetings! Welcome to Vol. 7, No. 14, 11 Dec 2002, of Exchange Messaging Outlook, a biweekly newsletter about Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook. Today's highlights:
Regular features:
Outlook vulnerable to denial-of-service attack Microsoft has issued Security Bulletin MS02-067 - E-mail Header Processing Flaw Could Cause Outlook 2002 to Fail (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-067.asp) describing a flaw that makes Outlook 2002 using Internet mail accounts vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack. The flaw does not affect Outlook users connecting only to Exchange server nor does it affect versions prior to Outlook 2002. A patch is available at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=331866, incorporating the security fix with several other post-SP2 fixes previously available only as hotfixes from Microsoft Product Support Services. This patch also eliminates the crashes that may occur after SP2 has been applied, particularly on Windows XP with POP accounts scheduled for automatic download. A second recent security bulletin, MS02-68 (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS02-068.asp), details the latest update for Internet Explorer, which eliminates a vulnerability that could allow malicious content in an HTML-format mail message. Fix in the works for Outlook 2000 SP3 After applying Service Pack 3 to Outlook 2000 configured in Internet Mail Only mode, you may see CPU usage by Outlook go as high as 100% or get erratic reminder behavior. Microsoft has identified the cause as a timing issue related to reminders and is testing a fix for release next week. For details, see the MSKB article "OL2000 (IMO) Outlook Reminders Are Problematic After You Install Office Service Pack 3" at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811167. In the meantime, Microsoft suggests that users experiencing this problem switch from Internet Mail Only to Corporate/Workgroup mode (Tools | Options | Mail Delivery | Reconfigure Mail Support). Switching to CW mode will render IMAP accounts unavailable and remove support for WinFax SE. PST files blocked in SP3 Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3 both giveth and taketh away. While it adds the ability to customize the list of blocked file types, it also adds Personal Folders .pst files to the list of blocked files. Since this isn't documented in the Microsoft Knowledgebase yet, we're hoping for an article soon that explains why PSTs are blocked. Outlook 2000 SP3 users can easily unblock PST files using the registry value discussed at http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/esecup/getexe.htm#ol2002 or any of the free tools that can set that value. Meet Peter Kalmström This issue's New Utilities section below contains a wealth of Outlook add-ins from http://www.kalmstrom.nu, the web site run by Swedish developer Peter Kalmström. As part of our occasional series spotlighting Outlook developers, we asked Peter to tell us a little about himself and his interest in Outlook. He says he started building calendar solutions with Microsoft Schedule+ way back in 1996, building a resource booking solution for the school where he worked. Since then, he has built various custom solutions for large Swedish companies and organizations. About a year ago, he started publishing a series of Outlook applications and slowly extending his portfolio of products. Applications like Outlook Knowledgebase and Outlook Resources are the fruit of the collaborative solutions he has built for his customers. As for his personal interest in Outlook, Peter says, "I believe the Outlook PIM is a great tool for personal and collaborative work. Doesn't all corporate or organizational information start out as personal information, anyhow?" At Peter's web site apart not only can you see screen shots of the utilities, but most also have small demonstration movies that you can watch to see exactly how they work. Another is the community spirit. After his third child was born last summer, he decided to make all his products available free of charge to hospitals, schools, and charities. He's also running a Christmas Eve drawing where he will give away licenses for some of his products as part of the celebration. How to extract all sender addresses from a mail folder I sometimes feel that I spend entirely too much time on mailing lists and in the Outlook newsgroups, but then comes along a gem of a tip that makes it all worthwhile. Hats off to Donna Eliassen on the Outlook-users list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/outlook-users/) for relating a simple and easy method for harvesting the From addresses from all mail messages in a folder. The trick is to use Outlook's File | Import and Export command, then choose Export to a File. An Excel file works well as a target; you can sort the addresses in the resulting worksheet. After you set the location for the export file, the wizard will display a screen with a Map Custom Fields button. Click this button, then click Clear Map to remove all the fields from the list on the right. Drag the From (Name) and From (Address) fields from the list of source fields on the left to the list of target fields on the right. (If you work in an Exchange organization, you might also want to drag From (Type), so you can distinguish between internal and external senders.) Complete the merge, and you'll have an Excel worksheet file containing only the names and addresses of people who sent messages in the source folder. |
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New Utilities |
CONTACTS VERIFIER http://www.mailutilities.com/outlook/cov/ Checks the validity of email addresses in Outlook 2000 or later using DNS and SMTP techniques. DUALITY ENTERPRISE DUPLICATE E-MAIL REMOVER EMAILMERGE4OUTLOOK INBOX BUDDY OUTLOOK CALVIEWER OUTLOOK HELPDESK OUTLOOK KNOWLEDGEBASE OUTLOOK NAMEDAYS OUTLOOK RESOURCES OUTLOOK RESPONDER OUTLOOK TIMECARD POLICY PATROL ENTERPRISE SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER |
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Updated utilities |
ATTACHMENT OPTIONS http://www.slovaktech.com/attachmentoptions.htm Version 1.8.1 of this tool for adjusting the attachment blocking feature adds support for Outlook 2000 SP3 and Outlook 11 and adds Personal Folders .pst files to the list of files blocked by default. DECEMBER 2002 CUMULATIVE PATCH FOR INTERNET EXPLORER OUTLOOK 2002 UPDATE DECEMBER 4, 2002 OUTLOOK DUPLICATES REMOVER OUTLOOK YEAR VIEW CONTROL POLICY PATROL DISCLAIMERS |
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Other new resources |
EXCHANGE 2000 MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE http://www.msexchange.org/pages/article.asp?id=539 Tutorial on the Exchange and Windows features and tools that can help you track the state of your Exchange servers. "SECURE" YOUR EXCHANGE SERVER ON THE INTERNET FOR $100 |
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