Outlook 2003 Questions


Cannot update distribution list in Exchange 2003
Hi, I have a user who is set as the manager of a few Distribution Lists with the permission to update membership. However, the user can add members but can not remove members from the DL (using Outlook), I even tried to put the user with FULL permissions on the DL’s security page but that [...]

Answer Question   |  April 29, 2010  9:22 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2003 administration, Exchange 2003 Distibution Lists, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007
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10 pts.

PST Removal
Our enterprise has migrated to MSO cloud services and now have a 5GB mailbox size for all users.  Historically our users have saved all of their e-mail to PST files to avoid previous mailbox limitations.  Our environment has Outlook 2003 and 2007 runnign in cached exchange mode (with OST).  I am planning to prevent users [...]

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2010  7:05 PM
.pst, .PST files, .PST Removal, Group Policy, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007
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5 pts.

Auto Accept Meetings in shared calendar
How do we set up a shared calendar in Outlook 2003 to accept meetings? Four of us share a team calendar, we update it through Outlook and invite other attendees as required (usually ourselves to keep personal diaries up to date) but when sending a meeting from a BlackBerry or iPhone, the invitation sits in [...]

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2010  10:28 AM
BlackBerry, iPhone, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 Calendar Permissions, Outlook Shared Calendar
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5 pts.

An email that has been filtered to junk mail for no apparent reason…HELP!!!
One of the guys has recieved an important email a week ago but didn’t realise until today as it was filtered into junk mail. The email was sent from a contact that he often receives emails from and filters into his inbox as normal without a problem. I have checked the email for any sexual [...]

Answer Question   |  April 20, 2010  12:20 PM
Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 configuration, Outlook 2003 email, Outlook 2003 rules, Windows XP, Windows XP administration
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35 pts.

unwanted text insert in Outlook 2003
when I forward or reply to an email and then start typing, my name automatically appears in parentheses when I start to type. How do I disable this feature?

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2010  2:17 PM
Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 configuration, Outlook 2003 email
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5 pts.

Macro to create multiple email messages in Outlook 2003
Is there a way to create multiple email messages, all with the same subject and body text but with different email addresses (to & cc) and different attachments?

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2010  8:20 AM
e-mail settings, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2003 email, Windows XP, Windows XP administration
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5 pts.

If i use the send again option on a system undeliverable email will that send the email to everyone i originally sent it to or just the recip…?
I have just signed up so forgive me if i have posted this all wrong… I have somebody that has send an email to several recipients. The sender received a bounce back email advising that the email had not been delivered to one of the recipients as that persons mailbox was full. I have cleaned [...]

Answer Question   |  April 12, 2010  9:21 AM
Mailbox Full, Outlook 2003, Outlook error messages, Sending to multiple recipients, System Undeliverable
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35 pts.

Networking A Unique ID with multiple email accounts/profile.
Hello, I have been in many forums trying to find an answer to my project questions and problems. Status Quo: I have 10 locations, hotels that we designed to have there own unique email address since they are users in active directory. so H1, H2, H3 is users with exchange features on active directory. HI@cgs.com, [...]

Answer Question   |  March 30, 2010  10:10 PM
Exchange 2000, Outlook 2003, Scripts, VBScript, VBScript Email
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25 pts.

Can’t dismiss or delete Outlook 2003 calendar invitation
Every time I open Outlook, I receive a reminder for an invitation I sent out weeks ago. When I try to discuss it, I receive  the error message: “Cannot turn off the reminder. You may be reminded again. Could not complete the operation. One or more parameter values are not valid.” When I try to open the [...]

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2010  4:42 PM
Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook calendar, Outlook Calendar Permissions
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20 pts.

How to ensure my out of office message does not go those sending my boss a meeting request
I am delegated as an editor to my boss’s calendar. We use Outlook 2003 on an Exchange server.  Since I am a delegate, anyone sending him a meeting request gets my out of office responses when I am away.  Is there a rule or way to ensure that only people emailing me, not sending my [...]

Answer Question   |  March 22, 2010  3:35 PM
Exchange administration, Out of Office, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook Administration, Outlook Out of Office
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5 pts.

Outlook 2003 email storage and indexing
Is there some method to store and index previously sent and received emails by using a search key?  I am looking for some way to organize emails which would allow a search over multiple directories/personal folders based on a subject keyword or mail recipient. 

Answer Question   |  March 16, 2010  4:29 PM
Email archiving, Email storage, Outlook, Outlook 2003
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15 pts.

Outlook 2003 w/multiple exchange accounts
In our organization, we have approximately 900 employees, and the majority of them have their own personal (internal) exchange profile which to many is receive only (cannot send). Among these groups, we have ‘teams’ to assist with order tracking, issue resolution, etc. (can send from team profile). My problem is, if i send something personal [...]

Answer Question   |  March 15, 2010  7:08 PM
Microsoft Windows XP, Multiple Exchange Servers, Outlook, Outlook 2003
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40 pts.

displaying multi valued dropdown phone numbers in OWA
Hello, We are running exchange 2007 with mix 2003 and 2007 outlook clients. The issue is not in outlook contact info but in OWA. We have phone number in the regular telphone number field and then in then extra numbers in the (other…) button section. Within details template editor the exch admin created a multivalued [...]

Answer Question   |  March 8, 2010  10:27 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Global Address List, GAL, Outlook 2003, Outlook 2007, Outlook Web Access error messages, OWA
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35 pts.

Outlook 2003 Opening other user’s folders
I don’t know if this is an exchange 2003 permission issue or Outlook 2003 issue. What does happen is a user is able to open anyone’s folder by using the open other’s users folder in Outlook including our CEO’s. NOT GOOD. I have just started there and this was brought to my attention. I have [...]

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2010  11:55 PM
Exchange 2003, Exchange permissions, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook permissions, Windows XP
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5 pts.

Can I receive Outlook invites without using Exchange Server?
I have Outlook 2003 at home and received an invite to a meeting from someone using Outlook 2000.  I got the e-mail fine but it didn’t go into the Outlook calendar. Suggestions? Thanks

Answer Question   |  February 25, 2010  4:19 AM
Outlook 2000, Outlook 2003, Outlook calendar, Outlook invitations
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5 pts.

Lost Archive in outlook 2003
the archive folder says “the operation failed. The object cannot be found. how do i close the archive folder in outlook if i moved the pst.

Answer Question   |  February 26, 2010  8:38 PM
Email archiving, Outlook 2003, Outlook archive, Outlook error messages
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25 pts.

Typing interrupted in Outlook 2003
When I type on microsoft outlook email the email window blinks and I cannot type for a few seconds.  Any idea what causes this and how to fix it.

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2010  5:20 AM
Microsoft Office, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook performance, Outlook troubleshooting
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15 pts.

Outlook 2003 import/export error: engine not available
The Student/teacher addition allows usage on 3 computers.  The present one has the AMD 64 bit chip.  The Outlook 2003 is SP3.  The error message tells me to run Setup, select “add/remove features”, change the feature to “run from my computer”.  Did this several times to no avail.  What’s next?  How do you know that in [...]

Answer Question   |  February 19, 2010  5:31 PM
Microsoft Outlook 2003 import/export, Outlook 2003, Outlook Import/Export
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5 pts.

disable internal but allow external emails in outlook/exchange 2003
How can we disable internal email but allow external email for short period on exchange 2003/outlook?

Answer Question   |  February 26, 2010  9:43 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange Send/Receive, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook send/receive
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5 pts.

Outlook mailbox send/receive
i can not work send recieve for tho outlook 2003 on os xp sp3, the mailbox has 20gb data mails and the test for my acounts are ok but icn not work send/recieve for the email why pleas help? thanks

Answer Question   |  February 22, 2010  1:50 PM
Exchange Send/Receive, Office 2003, Outlook, Outlook 2003, Outlook send/receive, Windows XP, Windows XP SP3
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5 pts.