How to automatically redirect Outlook 2003 users to an Exchange server

[Judicaël AHIVODJI]

Hi everybody
I've set up a new Exchange server 2003 and I want to configure the outlook
clients to use it. But I don't want to do it manually on each computer by
adding a new email profile using the Mail applet of the Control Panel. Is
there a way to do it automatically using a script or something else? Can
Office Ressource Kit help me?

Before Exchange we were using Mdaemon. Now we need to change the
configuration of Outlook.

Thank in advance

 

[NA]

Hi everybody
I've set up a new Exchange server 2003 and I want to configure the outlook
clients to use it. But I don't want to do it manually on each computer by
adding a new email profile using the Mail applet of the Control Panel. Is
there a way to do it automatically using a script or something else? Can
Office Ressource Kit help me?

Outlook Profiler would be the easiest solution.
http://goffconcepts.com/products/windows/profiler/index.html


Helpful Hints:
GOFF Concepts L.L.C.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Microsoft uses text files with a .prf extension and a highly structured format to provide information to OUtlook that enables Outlook to create or modify a mail profile. You can create such .prf files with the Custom Installation Wizard or Custom Maintenance Wizard tools in the Office Resource Kit. For more details, including a variety of .prf deployment methods, read the excellent white paper "Configuring Outlook Profiles by Using a PRF File" at http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?assetid=HA011403051033&QueryID=pHm7c_60I&respos=3

 

[Judicaël AHIVODJI]

thanks you. I've downloaded the Office Ressource Kit and used it to create
the .PRF file.
My goal is to keep the old user's PST file so that the new messages from
Exchange server can be stored in it. But when I apply the PRF file, a new
PST file is created for the Exchange Mailbox. And both pst files are present
in Outlook. How can I avoid this so I have only one pst file, the old one of
course?

I'm browsing the white paper maybe I can get the answer in it.

judY

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message
de %23I86U4%[email protected]...
Microsoft uses text files with a .prf extension and a highly structured
format to provide information to OUtlook that enables Outlook to create or
modify a mail profile. You can create such .prf files with the Custom
Installation Wizard or Custom Maintenance Wizard tools in the Office
Resource Kit. For more details, including a variety of .prf deployment
methods, read the excellent white paper "Configuring Outlook Profiles by
Using a PRF File" at
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?assetid=HA011403051033&QueryID=pHm7c_60I&respos=3

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I can't imagine what you might be seeing, since an Exchange mailbox *never* has a .pst file associated with it.

Your PRF file should modify the existing default profile and add an Exchange mailbox to it. The user should then see both the old .pst file and the Exchange mailbox in the folder hierarchy.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

thanks you. I've downloaded the Office Ressource Kit and used it to create
the .PRF file.
My goal is to keep the old user's PST file so that the new messages from
Exchange server can be stored in it. But when I apply the PRF file, a new
PST file is created for the Exchange Mailbox. And both pst files are present
in Outlook. How can I avoid this so I have only one pst file, the old one of
course?

I'm browsing the white paper maybe I can get the answer in it.

judY

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message
de %23I86U4%[email protected]...
Microsoft uses text files with a .prf extension and a highly structured
format to provide information to OUtlook that enables Outlook to create or
modify a mail profile. You can create such .prf files with the Custom
Installation Wizard or Custom Maintenance Wizard tools in the Office
Resource Kit. For more details, including a variety of .prf deployment
methods, read the excellent white paper "Configuring Outlook Profiles by
Using a PRF File" at
http://office.microsoft.com/search/redir.aspx?assetid=HA011403051033&QueryID=pHm7c_60I&respos=3