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Oracle® Connector for Outlook

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Release 2 (9.0.4.2.9)

February 25, 2005

This document contains the following topics:

Installing Oracle Connector for Outlook

This section includes the following topics:

System Requirements

Table 1 Oracle Connector for Outlook System Requirements

Requirement Value
Operating system
  • Windows NT 4.0

  • Windows 98

  • Windows 2000

  • Windows XP

  • Note: Administrative privileges are required to install Oracle Connector for Outlook on Windows NT, 2000, and XP.

Disk space Free disk space equivalent to the approximate size of the user's IMAP4 mailbox
RAM Refer to the RAM requirements of your Microsoft Outlook client.
Outlook
  • Outlook 98

  • Outlook 2000

  • Outlook 2002 (SP 2 or higher)

  • Outlook 2003 (supported in Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 2 Patch Set 1 (9.0.4.2.0)

  • Note: Native Language version or Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) is required for non-English version localization (see supported languages).

Calendar server
  • Oracle CorporateTime server 5.4

  • Oracle Calendar server 5.5

  • Oracle Calendar server 9.0.4.x

E-mail servers SMTP server for outgoing mail included with Oracle Collaboration Suite

Oracle IMAP4 Server 9.0.3 and above

Other e-mail servers whose implementations are based upon the open standards of SMTP and the IMAP4 reference implementations Cyrus and University of Washington.

Conduits for PDA synchronization
  • PocketMirror (3.1.6 recommended)

  • PocketJournal

  • Desktop To Go 2.5

  • Desktop To Go 2.509 (for Outlook 2002 only)

  • PSIWIN 2.3 or 2.31

  • ActiveSync 3.0, 3.1, or 3.5. Note: Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 2 Patch Set 1 (9.0.4.2.0) supports ActiveSync versions up to 3.7.1

  • HotSync Manager (4.0 for Windows XP only)

  • Blackberry Desktop Manager up to version 3.6 (SP 1, 2, or later are not supported).

Device The following devices have been certified with Oracle Connector for Outlook. Similar devices may work but the end-user experience may vary.

Pocket PC

  • Compaq iPAQ Pocket PC 2002 - Models 3870, 3970

  • HP iPAQ Pocket PC 2003 - Model h 1940

Palm

  • Palm III (3Com)

  • Palm V Handheld

  • PalmOne Zire 72

  • Palm Tungsten T

Blackberry

  • Blackberry 6710 Wireless Handheld

  • Blueberry 6820 Wireless Handheld


Preinstallation Requirements

  • A supported Outlook version must be installed on a supported platform

  • Windows NT, 2000, and XP require you to have administrative privileges on your computer in order to install Oracle Connector for Outlook

  • Outlook 98 and Outlook 2000 must be installed in Corporate/Workgroup mode. Verify the Outlook configuration by choosing Tools > Options > Mail Services > Reconfigure Mail Support.

  • To avoid losing information, Oracle Corporation recommends that you synchronize your offline folders before upgrading

Installation Instructions

This section describes how to install Oracle Connector for Outlook.

  1. Exit all Windows applications before installing Oracle Connector for Outlook.

  2. If you are upgrading from a previous version and want to add or change the languages installed, run con_outlook_904x.exe followed by the switch /Lang. Otherwise, just double-click the con_outlook_904x.exe file. Follow the on-screen installation instructions.


    Note:

    To avoid conflict between POP3 and IMAP4 protocols, do not set up Microsoft's Internet Mail or Exchange service providers in the same profile as Oracle Connector for Outlook.

Resolved Limitations

Table 2 Resolved Limitations in Oracle Connector for Outlook

Bug Number Description Release Number
4121907 Follow-up flags were not being refreshed in shared folders. 9.0.4.2.9
4083809 E-mail Subject line in different languages (not in the current OS code page) was not displayed properly when opened in Oracle Connector for Outlook. 9.0.4.2.9
4081493 The content of the mailing Address field in forwarded contacts would sometimes not be displayed. 9.0.4.2.9
4104865 Some fields (Business, Home, Business Fax, Mobile, E-mail, etc.) in forwarded contacts would sometimes have the information resorted. 9.0.4.2.9
4144561 In a specific scenario, users would receive an error message when deleting an occurrence of a recurring appointment. 9.0.4.2.9
4165700 Users could not see the content of the Deleted Items folder in specific scenarios where journals were disabled on the Calendar server. 9.0.4.2.9
4154574 Character encoding would be incorrectly changed when characters from ASCII codes between 128 to 255 were set for outgoing e-mail messages. 9.0.4.2.9
4166711 Outlook sometimes switched to offline when selecting folders between Personal Folders and IMAP folders. 9.0.4.2.9
4188904 Replying to a badly-encoded multi-byte e-mail message could result in garbled body text. 9.0.4.2.9
4201479 Could not import specific e-mail messages from PST folders to the IMAP folder. 9.0.4.2.9
4083308 The Oracle Connector for Outlook Add-in file was not correctly installed on systems with mixed Outlook and Office versions. 9.0.4.2.9
4130697 Other users' calendars could not be opened with LDAP lookups. 9.0.4.2.9
4164416 When inviting attendees on the Scheduling page, using the TAB key would result in automatic name completion, but would not advance the cursor to the next field. 9.0.4.2.9
4050910 In some cases, message headers could not be sorted by the Subject field. 9.0.4.2.8
4002113 Sending e-mail with large attachments caused Outlook to stop responding for several minutes. 9.0.4.2.8
4071382 Outlook 2003 only: Incorrect working hours were displayed on the Appointment Scheduling page after changing the default values. 9.0.4.2.8
4071876 In some cases, an error message displayed when trying to invite a specific user. 9.0.4.2.8
4094896 Outlook stopped responding due to a failed read receipt transmission. 9.0.4.2.8
4084919 In some cases, e-mails with embedded message attachments, that were delivered to a Personal folder, were not correctly saved. 9.0.4.2.8
4092109 Under certain conditions, users received incomplete attachments when there were network or e-mail server access problems. 9.0.4.2.8
3868428 Outlook 2003 only: In some cases, the last item in the message table disappeared when a new message arrived, even though the folder count was displayed correctly. 9.0.4.2.8
4102037 Users were unable to decline multiple meeting requests using the Respond to All > Decline context menu. 9.0.4.2.8
4072783 It was not possible to customize the name of the global address list. 9.0.4.2.8
4112976 Restarting Outlook before terminating the MAPI Spooler process resulted in an application failure. 9.0.4.2.8
4094935 Pop-up reminders set on e-mail messages that were flagged for follow-up did not appear. 9.0.4.2.8
4038714 Users could not create sub-folders whose titles ended in a forward slash (/). 9.0.4.2.8
4113324 After downloading the global address list, e-mail senders did not receive the message, even when they copied themselves on the e-mail. 9.0.4.2.8
4027355 Outlook 2003 only: Using the Junk E-mail menu command "Add to Blocked Senders List" would copy e-mail to the Junk E-mail folder, but leave a copy in the Inbox. 9.0.4.2.8
3993992 Due to a bug in the way notifications were sent when refreshing and synchronizing data folders, newly created meetings and events were not displayed on the PocketPC unless the device was turned off and back on. 9.0.4.2.7
3986510 Large e-mail quotas were displayed incorrectly in Outlook. 9.0.4.2.7
4003710 Importing or copying messages which included attachments from PST files resulted in attachments with missing file extensions. 9.0.4.2.7
3947122 E-mails that included picture in the body of the message were received as messages with the picture appearing as an attachment instead of inline. 9.0.4.2.7
3996311 An e-mail opened from the Sent Items folder did not track whether a read receipt had been requested for that message. 9.0.4.2.7
3883299 In some cases, the Open Other User's Folder dialog box was unavailable. 9.0.4.2.7
3880496 Copying and moving messages across message stores changed the msg_id. 9.0.4.2.7
4027290 Forwarding an e-mail from your Inbox after creating a meeting in someone else's calendar (for whom you have delegate rights) resulted in an error. 9.0.4.2.7
4009018 Outlook 2003 only: There was a delay in displaying new messages due to the way notifications of new, updated and deleted entries were handled. 9.0.4.2.7
3497895 Multiple copies of an e-mail were sent if Oracle Connector for Outlook timed out while sending the message data to the SMTP server. 9.0.4.2.7
4027909 Extension of extra attachments in Read/Delivery receipt is now changed to .txt. 9.0.4.2.7
3730034 In certain scenarios, copying or moving e-mail messages with multi-byte data from a PST file to an IMAP folder resulted in an unreadable message. 9.0.4.2.7
3949118 E-mail addresses that included special characters were not displayed correctly. 9.0.4.2.6
3937576 The Outlook search feature did not display results consistently. 9.0.4.2.6
3920779 E-mail messages with long headers caused Outlook to freeze. 9.0.4.2.6
3939921 In certain scenarios, moving e-mail messages from a PST file to an IMAP folder resulted in an error. 9.0.4.2.6
3925771 Oracle Connector for Outlook could not connect to the calender server when the Windows code page was set to the Thai character set. 9.0.4.2.6
3683065 Contact details created or modified using the Oracle Calendar desktop client were not displayed in Oracle Connector for Outlook. 9.0.4.2.6
3335698 Delegates could not delete meetings without subject lines in another user's calendar. 9.0.4.2.6
3937586 Outlook 2003 only: Attendee availability was not available when a user opened another user's calendar as a delegate. 9.0.4.2.6
3960351 Importing contacts from a PST to a remote server resulted in delays. 9.0.4.2.6
3930272 The File As field of a contact was not properly displayed after synchronizing with a Palm device. 9.0.4.2.6
3691868 Some e-mail messages appeared with blank message bodies due to Outlook and ActiveSync processes accessing the disk cache simultaneously. 9.0.4.2.6
3969415 New data was not synchronized/refreshed correctly due to coexistence issues between Outlook and ActiveSync processes. 9.0.4.2.6
3970718 In certain scenarios, Japanese characters were not displayed properly in e-mail messages. 9.0.4.2.6
3970723 E-mail messages with very long lines of text in the MIME source could not be opened in certain scenarios. 9.0.4.2.6
3981467 Switching between multiple Outlook windows when sending, replying to or forwarding e-mails as a delegate sometimes resulted in the messages being sent on behalf of the wrong user. 9.0.4.2.6
3979931 Notifications were not sent to attendees when a meeting was updated using a non-English version of Oracle Connector for Outlook. 9.0.4.2.6
3978144 In certain scenarios, processing multi-part/signed e-mails resulted in unexpected behavior. 9.0.4.2.6
3980940 When the connection to the SMTP server was lost, no indication was given to the user. 9.0.4.2.6
3980337 Messages could not be moved to a folder with a name containing characters not supported by the character set of the message. 9.0.4.2.6
3917505 Accepting daily notes or holidays in Oracle Connector for Outlook that were created in the Oracle Calendar Web or desktop clients resulted in an error. 9.0.4.2.5
3822346 When opening Outlook, the client did not filter the incoming mail according to the client-side rules. 9.0.4.2.4
3842268 If an e-mail containing an embedded image was forwarded, the image would appear twice in the outgoing mail. 9.0.4.2.4
3881623 Windows 98 only: In some environments, the connection to the Calendar server would be lost after about an hour. 9.0.4.2.4
3305388 In some cases, weekly recurring meetings would not be displayed on the correct date in Calendar. 9.0.4.2.4
3889785 PLAIN authentication did not work on the University of Washington IMAP server version 2000 when SSL was enabled. 9.0.4.2.4
3826179 Outlook 2000 only: If you used the GAL to insert a signature into a message, the signature did not save correctly as a vCard. 9.0.4.2.4
3895056 The error message displayed when attempting to modify an All Day Event to an Appointment was incorrect. 9.0.4.2.4
3897020 Messages that used the GAL to resolve recipients would attempt to use the OCFO transport provider regardless of which provider was chosen. 9.0.4.2.4
3900009 It was not possible for an attendee of a meeting to switch off the audible reminder for a single appointment. 9.0.4.2.4
3214198 If an attendee forwarded their meeting to another user, the user did not receive the e-mail. 9.0.4.2.4
3881721 Creating a new profile using non-ASCII characters resulted in the creation of a duplicate registry profile. 9.0.4.2.4
3892959 Messages with a missing MIME version were not rendered correctly. 9.0.4.2.4
3788526 Outlook 2003 only: Meeting details were not saved when connected to Oracle CorporateTime server 5.4. 9.0.4.2.3
3822259 The appropriate permissions error message was not displayed when a user attempted to modify the details of an instance of a recurring meeting when connected to Oracle CorporateTime server 5.4. 9.0.4.2.3
3835143 When meeting details were modified using Oracle Calendar desktop client, the details were empty when viewed with Oracle Connector for Outlook connected to Oracle CorporateTime server 5.4. 9.0.4.2.3
3403035 Dragging and dropping a contact to another folder resulted in the contact being removed from the Contacts folder instead of opening a New Message window. 9.0.4.2.2
3638396 Attempting to add a birthday to a contact resulted in an error. 9.0.4.2.2
3745902 Under certain extreme conditions, if an incoming e-mail message could not be processed correctly, any subsequent new e-mail messages would no longer be displayed. 9.0.4.2.2
3735874 Outlook 2002/2003 only: In certain scenarios, messages viewed as text were incomplete. 9.0.4.2.2
3746037 Resource category descriptions were always displayed in English for native language environments which share the Western European character set. 9.0.4.2.2
3614224 Outlook 2002/2003 only: Users were unable to send e-mails using a different service provider when multiple service providers were configured within the same profile as OCFO. 9.0.4.2.2
3750457 In certain scenarios, e-mail attachment names were displayed with a system generated file name and not the sender's intended file name. 9.0.4.2.2
3602022 Oracle Connector for Outlook used against TLS/SSL-enabled IMAP servers caused Outlook to freeze. 9.0.4.2.1
3610564 Users could not generate notifications for meeting creations and meeting updates independently of each other. 9.0.4.2.1
3610432 Some updated language files were missing. 9.0.4.2.1
3601879 The Message ID Header field was not set when sending e-mail messages. 9.0.4.2.1
3550983 A plain-text digitally signed message resulted in a blank message body on Outlook 2003. 9.0.4.2.1
3568333 This release includes version 0.9.6.m of the OpenSSL libraries. 9.0.4.2.1
3403618 Synchronizing contacts created on the Nokia 7650 resulted in an empty value in the File As field. 9.0.4.2.1
3378176 Anniversaries created on the Nokia 6600 did not synchronize. 9.0.4.2.1
3638545 The minimum refresh rate for checking for new e-mail messages was five minutes. This has been reduced to one minute. 9.0.4.2.1
3638531 Users were not able to cancel a GAL download. 9.0.4.2.1
3652425 Delegates could not open another user's Inbox if that user had an e-mail address containing mixed case. 9.0.4.2.1
3403341 Sending mail messages created using Outlook templates resulted in the Outlook template content being sent instead of the content of the new mail message. 9.0.4.2.1
3297813 In certain scenarios, menu items on the Outlook Tools menu were not displayed. 9.0.4.2.1
3666603 Public distribution lists that did not include Calendar users were not saved in meeting entries. 9.0.4.2.1
3672231 Free/busy status was not set to Free when meetings were declined. 9.0.4.2.1
3503219 The Deleted Items folder could not be archived. 9.0.4.2.1
3688178 Oracle Connector for Outlook did not resolve users' secondary e-mail addresses to their calendar accounts. 9.0.4.2.1
3688209 In certain scenarios on Outlook 2002/2003, right-clicking a user's e-mail address would cause Oracle Connector for Outlook to freeze. 9.0.4.2.1
3698101 Server-side rules were not executed for users whose e-mail addresses contained mixed case. 9.0.4.2.1
3454630 On Outlook 2002/2003 Bcc recipients were not displayed in sent messages. 9.0.4.2.1
3407479 Each time a Contact that included a phone number with spaces was modified and saved, extra blank spaces were appended to the phone number. 9.0.4.2
3214145 In certain scenarios, importing Contacts from a .pst file created empty distribution lists. 9.0.4.2
3412949 The owner of a meeting would not receive any notifications if a meeting was created or modified by a designate. 9.0.4.2
3302846 Long subject lines with multi-byte characters caused an application failure. 9.0.4.2
3255806 Localized versions of Windows 98 only: Some text (double-byte characters only) was not rendered properly when viewing attendee availability. 9.0.4.2
3324474 Names that included extended characters (such as accents) were separated incorrectly and could not be resolved. 9.0.4.2
3465559 Copied and new messages were not automatically synchronized with the Pocket PC device. 9.0.4.2
3186001 Modifying synchronization preferences while creating an ActiveSync partnership would cause the ActiveSync wizard to fail. 9.0.4.2
3464604 Notes that included special characters in their titles would not be synchronized. 9.0.4.2
3460240 Contacts created on the Pocket PC device that included details would not synchronize. 9.0.4.2
3465822 Contacts created on the Pocket PC device that did not not include an e-mail address would not synchronize. 9.0.4.2
3102790 Large attachments added to meetings, tasks and journals would not be saved. 9.0.4.2
3464642 Sent messages were not saved in the Sent Items folder if the user didn't have the appropriate write permissions. 9.0.4.2
3438220 Notes created before upgrading to version 9.0.4.1.12 were not displayed. 9.0.4.2
3442714 Inbox was not refreshed if the machine was left idle and the refresh folder count option was enabled. 9.0.4.2
3457465 Users on Courier IMAP4 experienced unexpected behavior of the Sent Items folder. 9.0.4.2
3457251 Outlook 2002/2003 only: Outbox folder was not auto-refreshing on the Outlook Today page. 9.0.4.2
3315215 Word files attached to tasks could not be opened. 9.0.4.2
3324619 Outlook 2000/2002: Inconsistent behavior when displaying Task due dates have been resolved. 9.0.4.1.12
3321772 Issues with tasks not being displayed in the Outlook Today view have been resolved. 9.0.4.1.12
3355309 Context menus were doubled in localized versions of Oracle Connector for Outlook 9.0.4.1.12
3294675 If an attempt to send a message failed due to the SMTP server connection timing out, another connection was not made and the message remained in the Outbox. 9.0.4.1.12
3375115 Messages were duplicated in the Sent Items folder. 9.0.4.1.12
3000746 Oracle Web conferences were displayed as NetMeetings. 9.0.4.1.12
3005507 Unexpected behavior when creating, modifying and replying to Oracle Web conferences has been resolved. 9.0.4.1.12
3378670 Issues with blank messages being displayed on Pocket PCs have been resolved. 9.0.4.1.12
3214458 E-mail responses from the iPlanet Web client did not display properly. 9.0.4.1.12
3356196 Katakana characters did not display properly. 9.0.4.1.12
3142564 Name display formats in the Address Book were not based on server-side settings. 9.0.4.1.11
ER: 3154500 Administrators can enforce a specific display format using the enforce-name-format parameter in the [OUTLOOK_CONNECTOR] section of usison.ini. 9.0.4.1.11
3154416 Missing localized files are shipped in this release. 9.0.4.1.11
3104734 Folders with names containing a backslash (\) do not result in unexpected behavior. 9.0.4.1.11
3120176 If the IMAP or calendar server becomes unavailable while Oracle Connector for Outlook is running, the Auto-Refresh feature will reconnect to the server once it is available and retrieve new messages. 9.0.4.1.11
3081474 The Select Attendees and Resources dialog box did not accept multi-byte characters. 9.0.4.1.11
3069877 The Percentage progress bar in the Mail Server Quota window did not accurately reflect quota usage. 9.0.4.1.11
3011965 Changes to a draft were not saved if the body of the message was not modified. 9.0.4.1.11
2996466 Granting delegate permissions to calendar users resulted in unexpected behavior or incorrect error messages. 9.0.4.1.11
2996339 Attempting to grant delegate permissions to LDAP users or resources resulted in unexpected behavior or error messages. 9.0.4.1.11
3142311, 3113210 Focus issues when switching from offline to online mode in Outlook XP have been resolved. 9.0.4.1.11
3108943 The View > Message Source menu option was not available for encrypted messages. 9.0.4.1.11
3138747 A blank line was inserted at the end of a text file (*.txt) sent as an attachment. 9.0.4.1.11
3149587 Issues related to not being able to expand Distribution Lists when creating a meeting have been resolved. 9.0.4.1.11
3130675 In certain scenarios, message attachments could not be accessed. This issue has been resolved. 9.0.4.1.11
3111508 When sending a message using Outlook 2000 on behalf of another user, the message was saved in the Outbox. 9.0.4.1.11
3109734 Sent messages were not copied in the Sent Items folder if the focus was on the Sent Items folder. 9.0.4.1.11
3094679 Issues with refreshing Public Folders have been resolved. 9.0.4.1.11
3304534 Issues with messages staying in the Outbox have been resolved. 9.0.4.1.11
3142287 Sending a message to an e-mail address containing non-English characters did not generate a non-delivery report. 9.0.4.1.7
3270360 In certain scenarios, random files were unintentionally attached to e-mail messages. 9.0.4.1.6
3250427 Temporary files created under certain conditions are cleaned up and released without having to close the application and therefore, do not cause any system resource allocation failures. 9.0.4.1.5
3126225 E-mail messages that included nested parts were not rendered properly and caused unexpected behavior, such as blocking new messages from being seen in the Inbox. 9.0.4.1.3
3171827 Opening messages that included embedded messages with very large attachments created unexpected behavior. 3171827 9.0.4.1.2
3136329 The profile name part of the offline storage path contained a number sign (#). 9.0.4.1.1
3134657 In Outlook 2000, IMAP4/SMTP passwords were not saved in user profiles. 9.0.4.1.1
3040699 E-mails received from Oracle Email 9.0.3 Auto-Reply had missing text. 9.0.4.1
N/A Long delays were experienced at the end of the Oracle Connector for Outlook installation. 9.0.4.1
N/A Ability to synchronize Notes and Ink Notes with Pocket PC devices. 9.0.4.1
3117210 Ability to synchronize off-line folders without first visiting them. 9.0.4.1
N/A Users with rights to manage Holidays could inadvertently delete Holidays for everyone through Outlook. 9.0.4.1
3117313 Reading an incoming e-mail while it was being moved to another folder by an Inbox rule could result in the message being duplicated in the destination folder. 9.0.4.1
3117325 If an open message was moved immediately after replying, a copy of that message would remain in its original location. 9.0.4.1
3117338 Outlook 2000 on Windows 98 only: When working in another user's Calendar folder, you could not create a new meeting by simply highlighting a time and typing directly in the cells. 9.0.4.1
2892157 When a remote user was invited to meeting, the meeting owner's status was not correctly displayed to the remote user. The owner's status would be shown as "will confirm later" instead of "will attend". This was a server issue. 9.0.4.1
2692841 Upgrading Oracle Connector for Outlook or purging the off-line folders resulted in PST files getting deleted. 9.0.4.1
3117299 Meetings created with attachments (Word, Excel) using an Oracle Calendar desktop client did not show the attachments when the same meeting was viewed from Microsoft Outlook XP. The attachments could be seen properly on Microsoft Outlook 2000. 9.0.4.1
2666117 Recurring Meetings or Show Free/Busy information could not be displayed correctly if user did not have full administration privileges. 9.0.4.1
2662010 Client-side rules to move all e-mail to personal folders resulted in another, empty e-mail. 9.0.4.1
3117236 Moving an e-mail from Oracle Connector for Outlook to a target PST folder did not delete the source message. 9.0.4.1
3035337 Canceling a move of multiple messages from the Oracle Connector for Outlook to a target PST folder deleted the source messages. 9.0.4.1
3117709 The time displayed in the Reminder pop-up window on Outlook XP displayed the reminder time instead of the meeting's start time. 9.0.4.1
3063227 Synchronization with Chapura's PocketMirror did not work. 9.0.4.1
3101189 The "Work Offline" toolbar button did not work. 9.0.4.1
2985603 Italian only: There were two "Client Rules" menu items on the "Tools" menu. 9.0.4.1
3028635 Could not create/send e-mail messages to a distribution list embedded within another distribution list. 9.0.4.1
2943564 If you created a group using the Group Scheduling feature, the group would not be saved after you exited Oracle Connector for Outlook. 9.0.4.1
3057009 You could not access the second voice mail from a forwarded message that also included a voice mail from the person forwarding the message. 9.0.4.1
3101153 Specifying X400 name for a Calendar account name instead of a UserID against a 9.0.4 masternode Calendar server resulted in bad behavior. 9.0.4.1
3100989 Work Offline/Work Online feature did not refresh the message in the Preview Pane. 9.0.4.1