Public ShareFolder Outlook 98/2000 Config

How to Configure MS Outlook^® 98/2000 for the server and client PCs

Public Outlook must be installed in Corporate or Workgroup mode

In Outlook^® 97 and 2002 this distinction does not exist. The following dialogue therefore applies only to the Outlook^® 98 and 2000 versions.

The mode of installation can be checked in Outlook^® by way of... 

Help => About Microsoft Outlook^®

The installation mode can be changed by way of...

Tools -> Options -> Mail Services -> "Reconfigure Mail support"

Important!

When changing the mode, you will be asked to insert the installation CD. So please have this ready to hand.

Outlook has to be installed in Corporate or Workgroup mode.

If you are using Outlook XP (2002), this reorganization is not necessary. The modes have been unified in Outlook XP (2002). You don't need to change settings under Outlook 2002 (XP).

After changing the setting the following dialog box is displayed after choosing Tools -> Options:



There should be at least one personal folder and the Outlook Address Book entered here.

We will explain in the following pages how to install and configure Public Outlook.

Comprehensive information, help with the configuration and advice on the differences between the two IMO (Internet Mode Only) and CW (Corporate or Workgroup) can be found on the webpages of Microsoft.

We hope you will excuse us for assuming that the user is familiar with Outlook^® and so acquainted with these differences. 

To provide lengthy support on this point in the present manual would far exceed the available space.

Important note:

By server we do not mean a domain controller like the NT or Windows^® 2000 server, but the Public Outlook (POL) POL32.exe program.

The Public Outlook server will be installed on the Outlook^® PC to which access is to be had, and which is therefore centrally available. 

The local (.pst) here becomes a public folder. In this case the client no longer needs to be installed, as the central Outlook^® program has access to its own (.pst) file and is already linked by way of the personal folder.

The following considerations therefore apply:

• On the computer to which you require access you should install the server and not the client. 
• And on the computers that are to have access to the central Outlook program you should install the client and not the server.