although prompt for User

[George Hester]

is enabled in Outllook 2000 Workgroup mode in Outlook 2000 SP1, it doesn't
work. Since I cannot go to SP2 in Office 2000 is there some way I can fix
this? In the Mail applet in the Control Panel Windows 2000 Professional SP4
the option says, "Start using this Profile" and there are no other
alternatives. In Outllook 2000 Tools | Options... | Mail Services | Prompt
for a profile is selected but it doesn't work. Thanks.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

No option to add a profile either?
Why can't you update to SP2 (note that there is also an SP3)

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[George Hester]

Because you know it will kill my ability to access e-mail that has
attachements in it. I don't need the protection and in Outlook 2000 SP2
we're stuck. No way around it. Ipso facto can't install SP2.

Add a profile? Sure I can add profiles. The issue is that I seem to be
unable to convince Outllook 2000 SP1 when starting to ask which profile I
want to use. If I open and close it repeatedly then yes I can get it to ask
SOMETIMES. Not often though.

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George Hester
_________________________________

No option to add a profile either?
Why can't you update to SP2 (note that there is also an SP3)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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is enabled in Outllook 2000 Workgroup mode in Outlook 2000 SP1, it doesn't
work. Since I cannot go to SP2 in Office 2000 is there some way I can fix
this? In the Mail applet in the Control Panel Windows 2000 Professional
SP4
the option says, "Start using this Profile" and there are no other
alternatives. In Outllook 2000 Tools | Options... | Mail Services |
Prompt
for a profile is selected but it doesn't work. Thanks.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Because you know it will kill my ability to access e-mail that has
attachements in it. I don't need the protection and in Outlook 2000
SP2 we're stuck. No way around it. Ipso facto can't install SP2.

Nonsense. Microsoft has published articles Knowledge Base on how to adjust
attachment security and there are several third-party tools as well that
will allow you do adjust security, some of them free.

Add a profile? Sure I can add profiles. The issue is that I seem to
be unable to convince Outllook 2000 SP1 when starting to ask which
profile I want to use. If I open and close it repeatedly then yes I
can get it to ask SOMETIMES. Not often though.

My experimenation indicates that the Mail applet for Outlook 2000 doesn't
have the option to ask. You use the mail applet to select the profile prior
to starting Outlook. Outlook 2002's Mail applet does have the option to
ask.

 

[George Hester]

What you said abut Outlook 2000 and the security update is nonsense, There
is no way aroiund the security restrictions done by SP2 in Outlook 2000 that
I know of.

Look at this article and note where it says, "Unless an administrator has
overridden these default settings for you, you cannot alter this behavior."

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262634

I am NOT using Exchange.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/updates/97_2000/OutSecUpdate.htm

I have been down this road before.

If you had looked at my description of the issue you will see that I said
what you mentioned about the mail applet in the Control Panel. I know what
it says. And it does NOT say I can have a prompt for the user there. That
is done in the Outlook 2000 GUI iteself. But it doesn't work. It is that
Prompt for user that I would like to make work. Thanks.

 

[Brian Tillman]

If you had looked at my description of the issue you will see that I
said what you mentioned about the mail applet in the Control Panel.
I know what it says. And it does NOT say I can have a prompt for the
user there.

Of course not. You asked if Outlook can prompt for the profile, not the
user. The option to prompt for the profile is a radio button under Show
Profiles contained in the Mail applet for Outlook 2002/2003, but not in OL
2000. I've tested all three configurations. When that Mail applet radio
button for prompting for the profile is selected, Outlook asks when it
starts. The Mail applet Outlook 2000 installes simply does not have this
option.

That is done in the Outlook 2000 GUI iteself.

Only if the Mail applet contains the option. Again, I have looked at all
three versions above to verify my assertions.

 

[George Hester]

Hmm so you are saying that option which is available in Outlook 2000 doesn't
mean anything? That it doesn't work at all? Nice.

 

[George Hester]

This does work in Outlook 2000. I should say it is supposed to work:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;180317

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;197272

 

[Brian Tillman]

Hmm so you are saying that option which is available in Outlook 2000
doesn't mean anything? That it doesn't work at all? Nice.

I couldn't find the option at all in my installation of Outlook 2000 in
Coorporate/Workgroup Mode.

 

[Brian Tillman]

This does work in Outlook 2000. I should say it is supposed to work:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;180317

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;197272

Thanks for that. I didn't find the option before. I'll test to see if it
works on my OL 2000 installation and get back to you.

 

[George Hester]

Actually Brian the issue is fixed. Look for my later post Subject, "Just
cannot get this article to work" w/o the quotes - 10 November 2004 2:05 AM .
It was a result of the MAPI account used by SQL Mail (version 7) explained
there. The article I pointed you to needs to be ammended.