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Today's Highlights:
Join our discussion on things that users would like to see fixed in Outlook
2010.
Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
Saving Sent Items in a Shared Mailbox
Here's proof Microsoft listens to us: Several weeks ago a reader asked if it’s possible to save sent items in the shared mailbox's sent folder. At the time the only way to do this was by using a 3rd party utility. Microsoft saw the article and fixed it: it is now possible to save Sent items in the shared mailbox if you use Outlook 2007.
Read complete article... Sending Email from a Secondary Exchange Mailbox
Shared Vacation Calendar
An administrator recently asked this question: "Without setting up a resource or
user account, is there a way, other than a public folders calendar, for a
Calendar to be shared? A department wants to create a vacation calendar but they
don't want to dig into public folders to retrieve it. I don't want to create a
user account just to have the calendar as a shared item and because it's not a
resource, I don't want to create it as one either."
Let me see… you don't want to create a mailbox or a resource and they don’t want
to dig for public folders. There is a low tech invention called a wall
calendar... All joking aside, SharePoint works great for things like this and
that's what I would use.
If SharePoint is not an option, use a public folder calendar and send the users
a text link to it. They can put a link to the folder on the Shortcut navigation
pane, add it to their public folder favorites (which will add it to the Calendar
navigation pane) or create hyperlinked button, eliminating the need to dig for
it.
To easily get the path, create the folder and locate it in the public folder
tree then show the Web toolbar. Copy the path from the Address bar and paste it
into a message. Use the hyperlink button or press Ctrl+K to create a clickable
link.
The users now have a shared calendar that is easy to access and you didn't need to create a mailbox for it.
Outlook 2007 “Reply with Template” Bug
Outlook 2007 SP2 introduces a bug into the 'reply with template' rule.
(This bug also effects Outlook 2010.)
"In anticipation of leaving town, I recently set an automatic reply on my
e-mail. However, it does not appear to be working. I receive a "Rules in error"
message with each incoming message what am I doing wrong?"
Outlook 2007 SP2 and Task Reminders/Due in Time
While we're on the subject of bugs, I'll mention there is a change in behavior
in how the Reminder dialog displays the Due in time for Tasks. In the past, if
the reminder was for 3 pm, at 3 PM it would be in the Reminder dialog's Due in
column as Now and 1 hour overdue at 4 PM. Now it is listed as Due in 2 hours, as
it uses the end of the workday setting to calculate the due time, not the time
the reminder fires.
I'm not sure of the logic in this change but Microsoft is aware that users don't
like it. I will confess I never noticed it until someone mentioned it. I tend
just to look at the task in the To-Do bar and the subject in the Reminders
window, ignoring the due in field for everything but appointments, as there are
a lot of overdue items.
A screenshot of the new behavior is at
http://www.outlook-tips.net/archives/2009/20090623.htm
Where did "Copy: Appointment_subject" come from?
If anyone had doubts that “no one” reads the release notes before installing updates, Outlook 2007 SP2 proves many people don’t read them. We're seeing a lot of questions about two new features: the gray tray icon when Outlook is shutting down and Copy: added to appointments copied from shared calendars.
New Exchange KB Articles
Smardcard-based Certificates
are deleted from the local Certificate store
when logging on to OWA
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2000394
New Outlook KB Articles
Outlook: BCC field is not
displayed on some items in the Sent Items folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2000439
Outlook: BCC field is not displayed on some
items in the Sent Items folder
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2000439
A hotfix enables you to set the download mode
for IMAP accounts in Outlook 2007 and to
configure the setting to sync the mailbox when
you exit Outlook 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=965229
If a delegate sends a meeting request on behalf
of the manager by using Outlook 2000, the
organizer of the meeting is changed to the
delegate unexpectedly after an attendee accepts
the meeting by using Outlook 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971937
The BeforeFolderMove event is not called by a
custom application after a while in Outlook 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971367
Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package
(Oms.msp; Outlook.msp): June 30, 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=972574
When you print a daily calendar in Outlook 2007,
start and end times are not included before the
subject of appointments
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=972362
When you send an e-mail message from a shared
mailbox in Outlook 2007, the sent message is not
saved in the Sent Items folder of the shared
mailbox
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=972148
Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package
(Normui.msp, Olkintl.msp): June 30, 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=970884
When you try to recover deleted items from the
Deleted Items folder, the Recover Deleted Items
From - Deleted Items dialog box appears.
However, there is no "To" column that shows the
recipient of the e-mail message; In the
Norwegian version, errors when you try to send a
message with more than two personal distribution
lists (PDLs) to an e-mail message.
Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package
(Outlook.msp): June 30, 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971366
Fixes several issues with meeting requests.
Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package
(Outlook-de-de.msp): June 30, 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=970945
For the German version of Outlook 2007: the
ALT+M keyboard shortcut is assigned to both the
"Termin" group in the ribbon and the "Endet um:"
field for a meeting request or for an
appointment.
Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package
(Outlook-ja-jp.msp): June 30, 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=971786
For the Japanese version of Outlook 2007. When
you send a plain text e-mail message to a
recipient and the recipient opens the message,
the text in the message is formatted
incorrectly. For example, the sentences are
unwrapped inconsistently.
Description of the Outlook 2007 hotfix package
(Outlook.msp): June 30, 2009
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=970944
Addresses a large number of issues; see KB
article for list..
