Outlook 2003 on top of GroupWise...

[Adam Kuhn]

We will be migrating to Outlook/Exchange this year, but are still a
GroupWise shop. We have no problem running Outlook 2000 on top of
GroupWise.

We are investigating Office 2003, and I expected the same from Outlook 2003
on top of GroupWise. However, all Outlook 2003 does is crash before it can
even load. The only way I can load Outlook 2003 is if I create a new
profile, say a fake pop3 account, and for it to ask for profiles first and
choose it. If I choose the Novell Transport (Mapi) Outlook crashes.

Anyone know anything about this? Thanks for your help.


--
Adam Kuhn
Edison Electric Institute
Washington, DC

(e-mail address removed)

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Ask Novell if they have an updated version of the GroupWise components that
are compatible with Outlook 2003.

 

[Adam Kuhn]

While they did have some plug-ins for Outlook 97, GroupWise 5.5 and
GroupWise 6 coexist with Outlook 2000 without any special plugins at all, so
I doubt they've done anything new for 2003. I just don't know whether this
is a unique experience on my end, or whether this is a common 2003/groupwise
issue. Their knowledgebase has little on 2003.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

A great deal changed in the realm of MAPI components between Outlook 2000
and Outlook 2002, which officially does not support GroupWise. That's why I
suggested that you ask about compatibility. Yours is not a unique
experience.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Adam Kuhn]

I got some connectivity after a lot of trial and error. If you first create
a pop3 account just to get the program initialized, that helps. It also
helps if you create a new profile.

Bottom line, I got into my inbox and calendar, but no MAPI addressbook
connectivity.

One problem is this: I had created a transform file called Standard just to
install Word, PP and Excel - no outlook. I installed it onto my pc and it
updated outlook 2000 to 2003 anyway. I will probably find in the transform
file that I not only have to not install outlook, but I have to specify that
it doesn't do anything to the exisiting outlook 2000 anyway.

Can Outlook 2000 and Office 2003 co-exist?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

No.