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Tim Murray
SETUP: OS X 10.4.7, Entourage 2004 11.2.5. To try to cull information
from Windows to use in Entourage, I have a machine with Windows 2000
and Outlook 2000 SR-1 with admin rights. I also have another machine
with Windows 2000 and Outlook 2002 but no admin rights, and I can't use
ResEdit.
HISTORY: Long ago someone in corporate IT gave me the server names to
use in Entourage for the main mail server, the public folders
(free/busy) server, and the LDAP server. Everything worked well, and
there was nothing a Windows person could do that I could not, including
seeing f/b information to schedule meetings. A few weeks ago the
company switched the mail and f/b server. I was able to determine the
mail server from Windows and the LDAP still works. My server-side
calendar works, functionally, but when I schedule a meeting, there is
no f/b information -- the timelines are gray, indicating no
information.
The IT person is no longer here, and IT does not know, or will not
reveal, squat. Therefore, I was hoping to use the Windows machines to
determine the f/b server.
GOAL: To set up the public free/busy server field in Entourage so that
I can see the free/busy information of others.
OUTLOOK CONNECTIONS: It has been suggested that Outlook 2003 has
ability to show you the connections by right-clicking its icon in the
System tray. I have only 2002 and 2000, neither of which normally
offer an icon (other than a waiting-mail icon) in the Sytem tray. It
has been suggested that I can somehow get 2002 to give me such an icon,
so if someone knows how to do it, please let me know.
REGISTRY: Within the key path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\MS Exchange Settings, and within several
other paths, I can see my mail server as a data value, and it appears
several times. Within the same set of subkeys there is one single
unique server, at 001e660c. I tried this one, but it didn't work.
IT: It's been shown to me how to get the information from the Exchange
System Manager folders tree > View System Public Folders. If I ever
cozy up to an IT person, I will see if he or she will do it for me, but
for now, using IT as a resource ain't gonna happen.
So if anyone can add to or expand on these solutions -- getting Outlook
2002 System tray icon or using Registry keys -- I'm all ears. Thanks,
and thanks to those who replied to my earlier thread.
from Windows to use in Entourage, I have a machine with Windows 2000
and Outlook 2000 SR-1 with admin rights. I also have another machine
with Windows 2000 and Outlook 2002 but no admin rights, and I can't use
ResEdit.
HISTORY: Long ago someone in corporate IT gave me the server names to
use in Entourage for the main mail server, the public folders
(free/busy) server, and the LDAP server. Everything worked well, and
there was nothing a Windows person could do that I could not, including
seeing f/b information to schedule meetings. A few weeks ago the
company switched the mail and f/b server. I was able to determine the
mail server from Windows and the LDAP still works. My server-side
calendar works, functionally, but when I schedule a meeting, there is
no f/b information -- the timelines are gray, indicating no
information.
The IT person is no longer here, and IT does not know, or will not
reveal, squat. Therefore, I was hoping to use the Windows machines to
determine the f/b server.
GOAL: To set up the public free/busy server field in Entourage so that
I can see the free/busy information of others.
OUTLOOK CONNECTIONS: It has been suggested that Outlook 2003 has
ability to show you the connections by right-clicking its icon in the
System tray. I have only 2002 and 2000, neither of which normally
offer an icon (other than a waiting-mail icon) in the Sytem tray. It
has been suggested that I can somehow get 2002 to give me such an icon,
so if someone knows how to do it, please let me know.
REGISTRY: Within the key path
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows
Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\MS Exchange Settings, and within several
other paths, I can see my mail server as a data value, and it appears
several times. Within the same set of subkeys there is one single
unique server, at 001e660c. I tried this one, but it didn't work.
IT: It's been shown to me how to get the information from the Exchange
System Manager folders tree > View System Public Folders. If I ever
cozy up to an IT person, I will see if he or she will do it for me, but
for now, using IT as a resource ain't gonna happen.
So if anyone can add to or expand on these solutions -- getting Outlook
2002 System tray icon or using Registry keys -- I'm all ears. Thanks,
and thanks to those who replied to my earlier thread.