Add Microsoft Mail Support to Outlook 2002

[MSNwar]

Add Microsoft Mail Support to Outlook 2002

Source: http://www.poremsky.com/msmail_xp.htm

Outlook 2002 no longer includes support for MS Mail.

Why? Because MS Mail is not Y2K compliant. It's also very old technology and only supports

mail, not special folders such as calendars, tasks and contacts.

Old or not, it still works great as a post office, enabling small LANs to have mail service.

To enable MS Mail as service, you need to hack the mapi service file (mapisvc.inf) to

restore support. You'll also need MSFS32.dll from one of the workstations still using MS

Mail. An installer is available here that makes restoring MS Mail service easier.

To add MS Mail back to Outlook 2002 as a service (unsupported by MS, use at your own risk):

1. Add

MSFS=Microsoft Mail

to the [services] section of

C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\mapisvc.inf

2. Add this to the end of mapisvc.inf (watch for broken lines - each line begins with PR_,

except the last 3):

[sFS_AB]

PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL

PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}

PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_AB_PROVIDER

PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Address Book

PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Address Book

PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_PRIMARY_IDENTITY

[sFS_MS]

PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL

PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}

PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_STORE_PROVIDER

PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Shared Folders

PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Shared Folders

PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_NO_DEFAULT_STORE

34140102=00ffb8646041b80108002b2b8a290000

[sFS_XP]

PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL

PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}

PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_TRANSPORT_PROVIDER

PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Transport

PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Transport

PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_PRIMARY_IDENTITY

[MSFS]

PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}

PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail

PR_SERVICE_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL

PR_SERVICE_SUPPORT_FILES=msfs.dll

PR_SERVICE_ENTRY_NAME=ServiceEntry

;WIZARD_ENTRY_NAME=WizardInformation

PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=SERVICE_SINGLE_COPY

Providers=SFS_AB, SFS_MS, SFS_XP

3. Add MSFS32.DLL to

C:\WINNT\system32\

(get it from another computer that has ms mail - it's about 515 kb.)

Thanks to MVP Dmitry Streblechenko for comparing the inf's and determining what was needed.

For the editing challenged or just plain lazy, MVP Vince Averello compiled an installer to

automate the process for you. It's here, http://www.poremsky.com/files/MSMail4XP.EXE. It

also includes the workgroup post office (wgpo) files, for creating new post offices or

administering old ones.

[Jzing]

Do you have any idea if someone has updated the Outlook 2002 hack to work with Outlook 2003 and where to look if it does exist?

[Jzing]

Never mind my previous post. I did find an update for Outlook 2003.

http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/msmail.htm

I have not tried this yet though.