Creating an Outlook Profile for RPC over HTTP client

[Cyrus]

I'm looking for a programatic way to create an Outlook profile using RPC
over HTTP for full Exchange Client connecting over the Internet.

I currently have a 24 page document explaining the process of creating the
Outlook profile using the Mail utility in Control Panel, but I know my
customers need a programatic method of making the profile quickly and
correctly.

Does anyone have a start of an example program of how to do this or
something similar using C# or VB?

Cyrus

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

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

The page at http://www.slipstick.com/exs/olroam.htm includes information on
other profile tools and resources.

Other programmatic methods would involve the ProfMan library included with
Outlook Redemption or Extended MAPI, which is not supported in managed code.