[WinMac] Re: BackOffice Mac Services need info sources

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:45:09 -0400

>Now comes the first problem. installed Outlook Express on my Mac, go to the
>preferences area and options for connecting to the local server which are
>present
>in the PC version are not in the Mac Version. Is there a version of
>Outlook (not
>Outlook Express for the Mac) is there a server ready version and were do I
>get it?
>Am I missing something in the Outlook setup for the Mac?

You won't be using Appletalk (Mac Services) to connect to the NT server
with Outlook. Outlook is a mail client which generally use either MAPI or
POP protocols to talk to the servers. These usually travel through TCP/IP
and use particular IP sockets (ports). I don't use Outlook on a Mac so I
don't know if there's even a way to make it go through Appletalk... but
I'd say you're looking in the wrong place (Appletalk) and should
concentrate on configuring your IP address on the Mac and accessing the
server that way. Also, unless you are running DAVE, you won't be able to
access the NT server by its NetBIOS name (like you do from the other PCs
when you configure the Outlook client).

Hope that helps.

Alex Dearden
MCSE
pata@doglover.com

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