Oracle® Connector for Outlook

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Release 10.1.3.0.11

January 30, 2009

This document contains the following topics:

Documentation Accessibility
New in Oracle Connector for Outlook
Installing Oracle Connector for Outlook
Resolved Limitations
Limitations

Documentation Accessibility

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New in Oracle Connector for Outlook

The following highlights what is new in this release:

Configuration and Deployment

Support for recognizing unique services within a profile
POP mail server support
Multiple options for configuring automatic updates of offline folders
Ability to install automatic updates from the About dialog box or from a new system tray icon notifying you when updates are available
New system tray icon providing server status information

Troubleshooting

New interface allows log generation and a way to provide feedback to Oracle Support
Option to enable highly descriptive log files for diagnosing errors
Additional details available when generating a report package

Features

Improved support for third-party products working with Outlook
Additional support for features available in Outlook with Microsoft Exchange
Option to back up your personal folders before resetting them
Interactive progress bar for enhanced user feedback
Ability to send and receive messages while you are working offline
Ability to customize the display range for your Calendar folders
Support for attaching linked and embedded objects into messages
Ability to expand distribution lists in e-mails and meeting requests
Support for attaching and forwarding any Outlook data file types
Support for the automatic preview of messages
Ability to cancel opening large messages
Ability to preserve the format of e-mails sent as rich text
Improved interface navigability for configuring options

Performance optimizations

Ability to access the mail and calendar servers in parallel

Messages that have been opened are automatically synchronized for offline use

Ability to cancel name resolutions

Ability to continue working in Outlook -- including opening messages -- while downloading the Global Address List or message headers

Ability to load several mail folders simultaneously

Newest messages are downloaded first

Installing Oracle Connector for Outlook

This section includes the following topics:

System Requirements
Preinstallation Requirements
Installation/Configuration Instructions

System Requirements

Table 1 Oracle Connector for Outlook System Requirements

Requirement	Value
Operating Systems	Microsoft Windows Vista - Home, Business or Ultimate Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Microsoft Windows XP - Home or Professional Microsoft Windows 2000 Notes Administrative privileges are required to install Oracle Connector for Outlook on Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows Vista. Windows 2000 SP2 or higher is required. Windows XP Service Pack 1 or higher is required. Oracle recommends Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows XP Service Pack 2. Windows XP SP2/SP3, Windows 2003 Server SP1/SP2, and Windows Vista SP1 has been certified to date.
Disk Space	200 MB minimum Hard disk usage varies according to configuration. Custom installation options may require more or less hard disk space. The amount of online data the user accesses may also affect the disk space requirement.
RAM	Refer to the RAM requirements of your Microsoft Outlook client.
Microsoft Outlook	Microsoft Outlook 2007 (with Service Pack 1) Microsoft Outlook 2003 (with Service Pack 3) Microsoft Outlook 2002 (with Service Pack 3) Microsoft Outlook 2000 (with Service Pack 3) Notes: Oracle certified and recommends the latest service pack versions to date as mentioned above. However, other service packs also work and has been user certified with Oracle Connector for Outlook. A native language version or Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI) is required for non-English version localization.
Calendar Server	Oracle Calendar server 9.0.4.2.x, 10.1.x and above. Note: Oracle Calendar server 10.1.2.x is recommended.
E-mail Servers	Oracle Mail server 9.0.4.2.x, 10.1.x and above: Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4), and POP3) Other e-mail servers whose implementations are based upon the open standards of SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4 Note: Oracle Mail server 10.1.2.x is recommended. Reference IMAP4 implementations of CMU Cyrus and University of Washington.
Conduits & Application for PDA & Smartphone Synchronization	ActiveSync 4.1 for Pocket PC devices 4.2 or 4.5 for 'Windows Mobile 5' and 'Windows Mobile 6' devices Note: ActiveSync 4.5 only supports Outlook XP or later. Windows Mobile Device Center (WMDC) for Windows Vista 6.1 or 6.2 for 'Windows Mobile 5' and 'Windows Mobile 6' devices Note: WMDC 6.1 for Vista only supports Outlook 2003 or later. iPhone and iPhone 3G Synchronization OutlookSyncClient with iTunes 7.4.2.4 or 7.7.0.43 or 7.7.1 Note: Some limitations such as I) modified recurring meeting instances (exceptions) from iPhone is not synchronized back to OCFO, and II) new recurring meetings created from iPhone does not get synchronized with Outlook (with or without OCFO). Note: iPhone 3G device update 2.0 or higher is recommended as they have critical Calendar and Contact sync related fixes. iPhone could only be synched with Outlook 2003 or higher using iTunes. This is an iPhone sync requirement. PocketMirror 3.1.6 to 4.1.x Note: Chapura PocketMirror is used with Palm Desktop and Palm HotSync to synchronize with Palm devices. Palm Desktop 4.1.4 'Extended version' to synchronize directly between Oracle Connector for Outlook and Palm devices. Blackberry Desktop Manager (BDM) 3.6.0 to 4.1.1.x Note: Versions after 3.6.0 require the " Oracle Connector BBDM Patch 1.1" to synchronize with BlackBerry devices. BDM version 4.2 or higher is not supported due to changes made in the BDM software.

Preinstallation Requirements

Before installing Oracle Connector for Outlook, make sure that you have:

A supported Microsoft Outlook version installed on a supported platform
Administrative privileges for installing Oracle Connector for Outlook on Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, and Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Outlook 2000 installed in the Corporate or Workgroup (CWG) mode

To verify the Microsoft Outlook configuration, select Options, Mail Services, and Reconfigure Mail Support from the Tools menu.

Caution:
If you use offline folders, synchronize your offline folders before upgrading to avoid loss of information.

Installation/Configuration Instructions

Notes:

If you have upgraded your Microsoft Outlook installation, then you must reinstall Oracle Connector for Outlook.
An upgrade from 10.1.2.x will reset your Oracle Connector for Outlook local storage and restore the default Send/Receive and View settings. Back up any client-side e-mail rules or PDA data before upgrading.
In Office Outlook 2007 manual profile configuration for server settings is required when creating new OCFO profiles using the 'Control Panel >> Mail' application and not the Oracle Connector Configuration Wizard.

To install Oracle Connector for Outlook:

Exit all Microsoft Windows applications.
Double-click con_outlook_1013_xx.exe to start the InstallShield Wizard.
Click Next on the Welcome screen of the InstallShield wizard.
Enter your name in the User Name field and your company name in the Organization field. Click Next.
Click Next to install in the default folder. To install Oracle Connector for Outlook in a different folder, click Change and navigate to that folder.
Select the languages you want to install. You can add more languages after the installation.
To review the information you entered in the previous screens, click Back. Otherwise, click Install.
Click Finish to start the Configuration wizard. If you intend to configure Oracle Connector for Outlook later, deselect Start Configuration, which is selected by default.

Resolved Limitations

Table 2, "Resolved Limitations: Oracle Connector for Outlook Release 10.1.3.0.11" lists limitations resolved in Oracle Connector for Outlook 10.1.3.0.11.

Resolved Limitations: Oracle Connector for Outlook Release 10.1.3.0.11

Bug #	Description
7524787	Using Office Outlook 2007, Oracle Connector for Outlook could not connect to any 3^rd party mail server that does not support root level folder creation.
7603371	When SMTP authentication is enabled and the password is change in the middle of the session on the server, Oracle Connector for Outlook does not notify the users that e-mail messages cannot be sent out in that session.

Limitations

Existing features missing for OCFO 10.1.3.0.11 in Outlook 2007

- Ability to create meetings or events with web conference associate with it (joining is still possible).

- Ability to add personal annotations to a meeting or event details as an attendee.
New Outlook 2007 features not supported in OCFO 10.1.3.0.11

- Email time flags - the pre-determined reminder time flags could not be saved on the 10g mail server.

Oracle Connector for Outlook, 10g Release 1 (10.1.3.0.11)

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