Outlook 2003 Questions


Outlook 2003 Sluggish
I have a few users whose Outlook client 2003 is very sluggish recently when trying to delete e-mails. Especially from their deleted items folder.

Answer Question   |  June 4, 2009  3:47 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook performance
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15 pts.

Outlook 2003: Moving rather than copying Sent Items emails
Hi, There seems to be no way that I can see to avoid a copy of an email going into Sent Items, having set up a Rule under ‘Start from a blank rule’, ‘Check messages after sending’, ‘move a COPY to the specified folder’ – is there a way around this ie just to MOVE? [...]

Answer Question   |  April 29, 2011  3:13 AM
Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 rules, Outlook Sent Items
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50 pts.

How to Prevent Follow Up items from being Archived?
I’m running Outlook 2003 SP3. My Auto-Archive Settings are set to: * Run every 7 days * Delete expired items * Archive or delete old items * Show archive folder in folder list * Clean out items older than 2 months AND * Move old items to an archive.pst file on my hard drive I [...]

Answer Question   |  May 15, 2009  3:07 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 SP3, Outlook archive
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35 pts.

Outlook 2003 Auto-Archive doesn’t archive all folders
I’m running Outlook 2003 SP3. My Auto-Archive Settings are set to: * Run every 7 days * Delete expired items * Archive or delete old items * Show archive folder in folder list * Clean out items older than 2 months AND * Move old items to an archive.pst file on my hard drive I [...]

Answer Question   |  May 18, 2009  8:27 PM
AutoArchive, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 SP3, Outlook archive
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35 pts.

Rules limit in Outlook/Exchange 2003
A high-end user has run up against the limits on his Rules, using Outlook 2003 through an SBS 2003 with Exchange. I have been researching options for him, but have been unable to verify what the best ‘fix’ would be. The possibilities included upgrading to Exchange 2007, upgrading to Outlook 2007, amending rules to conserve [...]

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2009  7:27 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2003, SBS 2003, Windows XP
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6,150 pts.

Sharing Archive Folder in Outlook 2003
My team recently set up a shared mailbox in Outlook 2003. We are trying to set up the auto archive, so we can keep old emails for possible research needs. I set up the auto archive for the Shared Mailox Inbox, but when I run it the emails are archived to my personal archive folder, [...]

Answer Question   |  May 14, 2009  1:27 AM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 archive
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5 pts.

can’t open activities tab
I have a user that can’t open the activities tab in outlook 2003, it says “Outlook cann’t display this view”. The user can create journal enties just fine, but we he goes to view it, via the activities tab, that error pops up. I have tried to clear the forms cache and a scanpst all [...]

Answer Question   |  May 15, 2009  9:22 PM
Activities tab, Microsoft Outlook Journal Entries, Outlook, Outlook 2003
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20 pts.

Signature generation from within the Exchange Server
Can a Generated Signature response be created for Out Of Office and Read Receipt responses?

Answer Question   |  May 13, 2009  2:49 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange client applications, Outlook 2003, Outlook Out of Office, Outlook policies, Outlook read receipt, Outlook Signatures
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5 pts.

GAL advanced Find with wildcards
In outlook 2007 is there away to search the Global Address List using wildcards? Clients: outlook 2007 and 2003 Server: Exchange 2007 sp1

Answer Question   |  June 17, 2009  4:40 PM
GAL, Global Address List, Global Address Lists, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007
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5 pts.

Can’t send or delete two e-mails in Outlook 2003
We’ve got Outlook 2003, SP1. I was sending e-mails, each with 10 attached photos. The first 4 worked. But the 5th & 6th got “jammed(?).” Two days later, they still haven’t gone out. Nor can I send other mail from that account. And if I try to delete them, the error message says, “Can’t open [...]

Answer Question   |  May 12, 2009  12:51 AM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 email attachments, Outlook 2003 error messages
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5 pts.

AutoReply and Rules
Our organization is using Exchange Server 2007 and Outlook 2003 rich client. A groupshared mailbox has an auto reply rules that replies to all emails with a canned message. Apart from verifying that it is a real email address to spam with the reply, it has created loops with other exchange users who have a [...]

Answer Question   |  May 12, 2009  7:14 PM
Exchange 2007, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook AutoReply
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15 pts.

Seeing Outlook free/busy times for conference room resources
When a user creates a meeting request in Outlook 2003, in the Scheduling Tab they click on Add Others to select the conference room and add it as a resource. In the scheduling view, the conference room (resource) is displayed with “No Information”. How do you get the public calendar folder to display free/busy info [...]

Answer Question   |  May 11, 2009  11:42 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 Meeting Requests, Outlook 2003 Scheduling View, Outlook Free/Busy Time, Outlook Shared Calendar
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5 pts.

Unable to access shared contacts with Outlook
We have Exchange Server (SBS 2003) and several Outlook mail accounts that use it. One of the accounts has a shared contact list that is accessible by all the other accounts except one. Why would that account get an error trying to access the shared contact list? The message says that Exchange Server is unavailable [...]

Answer Question   |  May 8, 2009  7:16 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook contacts, SBS 2003, Shared Contacts
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70 pts.

OWA in DMZ or not?
Hi. I run a 2003SP2 Exchange environment with a single Exchange server and a single OWA server in a DMZ. Over the years I’ve had to open more and more holes between the two networks as I’ve added features, etc. Someone told me I should bring the OWA server back behind the firewall and only [...]

Answer Question   |  May 6, 2009  12:58 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2003, OWA, OWA 2003, WatchGuard
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5 pts.

PST problem after migration
my outlook pst not showing old mail since today morning.last night i have migrated the system old domain to new domain.but before migration i take a backup of pst

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2009  8:58 AM
.PST files, .PST migration, Outlook, Outlook 2003
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5 pts.

To enable the e-mail transfer from Microsoft Outlook to SAP CRM, a folder has tobe set up in Microsoft outlook which contains the e-mails from you Mic
Hi All. I have a integrated SAP CRM WebUI 2007 with Microsoft Outlook Groupware. I am able to exchange emails between these two systems. But i have a different requirement. I want to create a new folder in outlook and would like to connect with SAP CRM so that all the mails which i sent [...]

Answer Question   |  May 5, 2009  3:06 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, SAP CRM
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5 pts.

Link Outlook Calendar to Excel Spreadsheet
Hello I am new here and this is my first post. I am wondering whether is possible to link Outlook 2003 Calendar to a spreadsheet in the same way as you would link 2 spreadsheets. For instance if a new entry is created in the Calendar the spreadsheet would be updated automatically. So far the [...]

Answer Question   |  April 28, 2009  11:04 AM
Excel 2003, Exchange 2003, Microsoft Excel 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 calendar, VBA, Visual Basic for Applications
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5 pts.

no server response outlook 2003/exchange 2003
I recieve ” specified server was found but tere was no respoonse from the server” (that is our Exchange 2003) when i click send/recieve from outlook 2003

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2009  1:37 AM
Exchange 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook error messages, Outlook send/receive
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5 pts.

Cannot create File: Outlook 2003
Keep getting “Right click the folder you want to create file in, and then click properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for the folder” when I tery to open an Excel file. If it is renanmed something else and sent I can open it with no problem. How do I fix this?

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2009  12:36 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook error messages
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15 pts.

Outlook 2003 loosing connectivity from Small Business Server Exchange 2003
Hi all, This is a problem that’s been plaguing my network for quite some time now. This is the first time I thought I’d ask for help. We have a Small Business Server 2003 based domain with 20 PC’s running Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Originally all the PC’s were running Office 2000, which didn’t [...]

Answer Question   |  April 24, 2009  12:14 AM
Exchange Connectivity, Network connectivity, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook Connectivity, SBS 2003
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25 pts.