OL98: (CW) Outlook Does Not Work with Lotus Notes Mail

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Outlook works only with information store providers that are fully MAPI compliant.

Drivers that ship with Outlook include:

• Microsoft Exchange Server
  
  
• Microsoft Mail Post Office
  
  
• Lotus cc:Mail Post Office
  
  
• Microsoft At Work Fax
  
  
• Microsoft Network
  
  
• Internet Mail (SMTP/POP3)

Tested drivers that do not currently work include:

• Lotus Notes Mail
  
  
• Netscape SMTP driver (using the Internet Mail driver provided with Outlook, you can connect to Netscape and other SMTP/POP3 servers.)

Drivers not listed are untested as of February 3, 1998.

If your e-mail provider can deliver mail using the POP3 protocol, you can use Outlook to get your mail. The Internet Mail Only (IMO) installation allows you to deliver from a POP3 Server natively, and if you are using the Corporate/Workgroup (CW) installation, you can use the Internet E-mail service to get your mail from a POP3 server.

Several mail providers have the ability to "serve" mail out in the POP3 format, even though that may not be the primary protocol for delivering mail. For example, Microsoft Exchange Server is best accessed using the Microsoft Exchange Server protocols, which allow for the total feature set of Outlook (folder sharing, server mailboxes, and so on). However, Microsoft Exchange Server can also be configured to "serve" out mail in the POP3 protocol, so if you want to simply deliver your mail to a local Personal Folders store, this is an available option.

Other mail providers that can be configured to deliver mail using POP3 include Lotus Notes and GroupWise.

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