OL97: No Internet Mail and MSN Services on Windows NT 3.51
Article ID: 172074
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5
This article was previously published under Q172074
SYMPTOMS
The Internet Mail service and MSN, The Microsoft Network are not available
when you run Outlook 97 on Windows NT 3.51, Workstation or Server.
CAUSE
Neither the Internet Mail nor the MSN online service is designed to work on
the Windows NT 3.51 operating system.
MORE INFORMATION
The Internet Mail Transport Service, that ships with Outlook, is designed
to run on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 and is not available for use on
Windows NT Workstation / Server 3.51.
The Microsoft Network Online Transport Service, that is installed with MSN,
versions 1.3 and 2.0, is designed to run on Windows 95 and is not available
for use with Windows NT.
REFERENCES
For more information on this subject please see the section titled,
"Internet Mail and MSN Information Services Are Not Available on Windows NT
Workstation 3.51" in the Olreadme.txt file. The Olreadme.txt file is
located in the Office folder on your Microsoft Office 97 or Microsoft
Outlook 97 Compact Disc. It is also located in the Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office folder on your hard drive after you install Office 97 or
Outlook 97 on your computer.
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