I've got a backup from a Merak mail server, consisting of lots of Imap files. If I rename them .eml, I can open them with Outlook 2003 (yay!). If I do this, I can also save it into an existing account, be it POP3 or IMAP.
Now, my eventual goal is to import a batch of more than 1000 mails into an existing IMAP account. I do have imapsync available, which I could hook up into the process.
Any ideas on how to go about this a bit more efficiently than just opening and saving them 1 by 1 with Outlook?
I've considered running a local mail server and then unleash imapsync on it, but the problem is that I'm unable to find a (free) server that would host them (Merak will, of course). Btw, I'm running Windows.
This question is not related to "programming", hence would not be appropriate for SO. Anyway, the answer to your question is to open the eml files is Outlook Express and then export it to PST. Once you get the PST, you need to import the mails back to your mail account.
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As the title mentions, I've got a question regarding the possibility of implementing the on send event functionality on the outlook PC client.
I current got an add-in running that blocks sending emails on the outlook WEB variant properly and allows sending them when the criteria is met. I've used the examples the microsoft documentation provides to get it to work. This example however doesn't work on the outlook PC (windows) client. Other functionality works just fine on the outlook PC client, it's just the on send not functioning. All I get on the outlook PC client is the error "[add-in name] couldn't complete. Please try sending this message later" upon pressing send.
Been looking at this for the past few days and based on all the microsoft documentation it gives me the impression that it should be possible, but I can't find any examples online or anyone really verifying it either. Which bring us to my question as I mentioned at the start;
Is it possible to make the outlook on send event work on the outlook PC client as well? And if so, does anyone have an example of how to do so?
Thanks in advance!
Yes, the on-send feature for Outlook add-ins is supported in certain versions of Outlook win-32. There is documentation here about which versions are supported and some code examples.
I managed to fix my issue.
So to recap; when running the nodejs server locally, the on send didn't appear to work for the outlook pc client. (It did for outlook web)
What I did was put the code on an external server and ran the nodejs. Then I created an IIS website with https and redirecred it towards the localhost port of the nodejs server.
After doing this and installing the manifest through the URL the issue no longer persisted for the pc client and worked exactly the same as the outlook web variant.
I am new, so I cannot add comments - but keep in mind that if you plan to put your add-in into AppSource - the doc says it will be banned: you are not allowed to use the OnSend event for anything in there.
I hope this helps you avoid some pain if you had those plans!
" Important. Add-ins that use the on-send feature aren't allowed in AppSource. "
( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/outlook-on-send-addins?tabs=classic )
Is there a possibility to check up, when a file is opened etc. on a Dropbox account? I thought of a simple script on the server, which will send an automatic Mail to me.
Something corrupted my user profile.
I was running a profile where I connected to a gmail via pop3 and our local exchange server. One day I killed a process via the debugger during the startup process for Outlook (I am developing an Outlook addin). Ever since that point, I cannot load Outlook with the exchange server.
I have deleted the original profile and created 2 new profiles where I separated the accounts. The pop3 one will load every time the pop3 profile is selected. The exchange one will hang on loading profile, every time the exchange profile is selected. I get the following message.
Cannot open your default e-mail folders. You must connect to Microsoft Exchange with the current profile before you can synchronize your folders with your Outlook data file (.ost).
I've tried running outlook in safe mode, addins disabled, /resetnavpane, outlook reinstalled. The exchange server is up and running just fine (I can successfully perform the Test Email Autoconfiguration).
Any ideas on what else to try?
In the end, I followed the steps from http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2011/06/outlook-error-cannot-open-your-default.html with the addition of a exchange server reboot.
Did you just copy your OST file to a new profile? You cannot do that: OST files are bound to a particular profile.
I had the same problem and I tried:
outlook.exe /resetnavpane
... but it did not help.
I was about to delete the profiles but just then realized that one of the PST file was too big - almost 2 GB. Renaming them fixed the startup problem.
Does Outlook2010/2013interface with anything other than IMAP or Pop3? If so how? While manual configuration of imap works, the autodiscover wizard is turning up nothing. I have the cname on my 1and1.com pointed to www.mydomain.us. The manual setup for Outlook.com or compatible prompts for a server. Is that supposed to be the same server as specified for the imap?
I am hoping that setup for Outlook clients on pc and laptops is as seamless as it is when the pc/laptop is on a LAN. Can Outlook Anywhere (over https/rpc) be used? If so, how does one obtain the proxy server names and settings?
When it is all setup will the enduser experiance emulate that of Outlook and Exchange 2010 in regards to calender sharing and contacts?
Thankyou for any insight.
I don't know what 1and1.com offers, however you can only use OutlookAnywhere (RPC-over-HTTP) with Exchange 2003-2013.
Outlook 2003-2013 can use IMAP, POP, Exchange MAPI (RPC). With add-ons you may be able to support other protocols, but I've never used any.
For autodiscover to work, you'll usually need Exchange although there are some ways to generate the autodiscover XML without Exchange. Outlook 2010-13 (and I think 2007 too) can try guess the settings for IMAP/POP settings based on your email address, but the server would have to use pretty standard hostnames and ports for it to guess correctly.
IMAP and POP only support email message types and will not sync contacts and calendars between the server and the Outlook client, not natively anyway.
I'm working at a client site, and connect to their Exchange 2000 server via web mail. I have Outlook 2007 running as well connected to my companies Exchange 2007 over HTTP.
Is there any way to connect to the client's Exchange 2000 server using anything other than web mail? Ideally, Outlook 2007 would be able to do it, but I don't think that is possible. POP isn't an option, because I need calendaring.
Thanks,
Zach
Unfortunately, Outlook 2007 can only connect to one Exchange server per profile. To get this capability, you can upgrade to Outlook 2010. Outlook 2010 will connect to multiple Exchange servers in a single profile with no problem.
As a consultant, I have the need to connect to multiple email accounts all the time--my current profile is configured to connect to my corporate Exchange server, a client's Exchange server, two different Office 365 (Exchange Online) accounts, two different Google Apps accounts, and a Hotmail account. I love being able to easily navigate among all the different email accounts I regularly use via the native Outlook 2010 UI; I could never go back to multiple browser windows and Outlook profiles!
[I realize this is a 'stale' question, but I noticed it popped up in a search on the topic so I'm posting this answer as this information isn't reflected in any of the earlier answers.]
You can always use more than one Outlook profile.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011471581033.aspx
There is a way of opening 2 Outlook instances running 2 different profiles.
Please see this link -> http://www.pcauthority.com.au/Feature/136036,server-101-access-multiple-exchange-servers-with-outlook.aspx
I dont think outlook will allow more than 1 exchange server connection. One option would be using another email clients like thunderbird to connect to the other exchange server [I haven't tried it though]. In case you need to know how to configure thnderbird to connect to exchange server, here is a link.
You can create multiple profiles in Outlook. You won't be able to open them all at the same time, but you can set outlook to ask you whihc profile to open when you start it.
this is an old link, but the process is essentially the same if dealing with 2003 or 2007.
http://www.cod.edu/it/howdoi/profiles/
hth...
andres
With Exchange 2000, external access is only possible using Outlook Web Access or POP/IMAP. With Exchange 2003 and 2007 you can connect using the outlook client using RPC, but not in 2000.
On a side, you can only have 1 Exchange connection in outlook, so you would have to use multiple profiles.
Apple's Mail Client will connect to any number of Exchange servers at a time. I believe that the Open Source Evolution mail client will similarly do so.