Linking OfficeTalk to CompuServe via MS Exchange

 

OfficeTalk Users can link to CompuServe MS Exchange and MS Mail . The instructions for installing the MS Exchange drivers are below.

Important: The CompuServe MS Mail driver is supplied by CompuServe and not by Sareen Software. Sareen Software accepts no responsibility for the performance and usage of the driver

OfficeTalk users can now send and receive messages via CompuServe and the Internet from Mail Mode by downloading the CompuServe Exchange Mail driver from CISSOFT forum in CompuServe. This driver interfaces with OfficeTalks MAPI interface to provide seamless uploading and downloading of your e-mail.

If you wish to use this service you will the following

The CompuServe Exchange Mail Drivers are supplied on the CD-ROM in a directory called CSMX.

  1. Copy the files from the CD ROM into a a new directory on your hard drive
  2. Run the file Setup.exe and follow the instructions on the screen.
  3. You will be prompted for the location of your WINCIM directory
  4. The Setup program will ask you if you wish to add CompuServe Mail as a default to your existing Exchange profile. Press YES.
  5. You will be prompted for User ID and password
  6. When the Setup program has finished, log into Exchange and go to the Tools\Services options, select CompuServe Mail and press Properties.

You will be able to configure the following from there

Winsock support: You can now easily establish a PPP connection and even share the CompuServe Dialer with other Dialer-compliant applications.

Direct connection support: Connectivity is now available for a hard-wire connection.

Automatic Connections: You can select to connect immediately, at a specific time, or on a frequency basis (eg. every 2 hours). Select Advanced|Schedule Connect Times to set up scheduled logons. You can set CompuServe Mail for Microsoft Exchange to logon at program startup, at the same time every day, and/or at regular intervals. Messages waiting in your Outbox are sent and incoming messages are placed in your Inbox.

To connect OfficeTalk to MS Exchange read the Linking OfficeTalk and MS Exchange

 

  1. To send a mail message from OfficeTalk goto Mail\Write. Locate the in the Send To box.
  2. Double Clicking on the will bring up the MAPI Address Book dialog box.
  3. Select CompuServe Address Book from the Show Names from List.
  4. You will now be presented with the contents of your CompuServe address book. Double click on the users you wish to send mail to. Once you have made your choices press OK
  5. Your choices will now be displayed in the box with the external mail icon displayed alongside the name.
  6. Depending on the choices made in the CompuServe Mail Setup Box, OfficeTalk will connect with CompuServe and upload all waiting mail and collect any mail in your CompuServe Mail Box. Any new messages will be added to the Incoming Mail box in OfficeTalk

Notes

  1. OfficeTalk cannot add users to the CompuServe address book, users will still need add these through WINCIM.
  2. Users can reply to messages from CompuServe by pressing the button. This will create a message with the CompuServe users name in the Recipient List.
  3. Users can send messages onto the Internet and other mail systems via CompuServe. For help on the correct way to address your mail press the icon and select CompuServe Mail Centre. The How to address contains the correct address formats.
  4. OfficeTalk lets you specify an EMail address for contacts so that they may be mailed from within Mail Mode. You can specify an EMail address for a contact in the following way:

Select the contact that you wish to give an EMail address by viewing it in the Contact Window.

 Press the button. The Contact dialog box will appear. Select the mail system through which you wish to mail the contact (i.e. MAPI or VIM). Specify the EMail address in the Email field.either the CompuServe account number ie 70630,2351 or the correct format for the Internet ie INTERNET:70630.2351@compuserve.com. Press OK.

  1. The contact may now be addressed via the Send To Window from within Mail Mode. For more information on mailing contacts see below

If you do not wish to use the external messaging system address book, OfficeTalk lets you mail non-OfficeTalk users as if they were contacts. The way OfficeTalk implements this is by letting you specify an EMail address in a contact record.

Once you have set up the EMail address of one or more contacts, a Contacts address book entry will be displayed in the Send To Window in the Write Mail View. You may expand this entry to show a list of all the contacts in OfficeTalk which have been given an EMail address.

If you do not specify an EMail address in the Contact dialog but do specify a messaging system then the contact will still appear in the Contacts address book. However, when you send a message to the contact, since there is no EMail Address, OfficeTalk will try to match the name of the contact with an address entry in the specified messaging system's address book. Note that the name of the contact must be the same as the name specified in the relevant messaging system address book.

To address a contact as a recipient of a mail message, expand the Contact address book entry by clicking on the symbol. The list of addressable contacts will be displayed underneath the Contact address book entry. Select the contact and press the , or button. The contact will appear in the Recipient Window below. Alternatively, you may double click on the contact in the Send To Window. This will have the same effect as selecting the contact and pressing the button. The message may now be sent in the normal way.

Important: The CompuServe Mail Driver is machine specific. It can only be used on a machine that has a modem attached and cannot be used over a network. It has no concept of an OfficeTalk user and therefore will depoist any incoming mail into the the Incoming Mail folder of whichever user has logged on.

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