Cortex and Outlook 2007

[Nad]

Hi all,

I've been trying to get email command to work but i've been having some trouble with Outlook programmatic access. It looks like the "The never warn me" option is not actually an option as it doesn't do anything.

This is the pop up I get which stops Cortex in it's tracks.



Can anyone shed some light? Alternatively has anyone got the Cortex mail client to work with Google mail?

Thanks,
Nad

[Paul_B]

That's the Outlook Object Guard firing because a program is running one of the restricted calls. I thought Outlook 2007 had the ability to turn this off if the machine was running anti-virus software, I could be wrong and this is coming in Outlook 2010.

Have a search for Outlook Object Guard and 2007 you maybe able to find a registry key. Another option would be to use the redemption DLL.

Paul

[Nad]

Hi Paul,

There is the option to disable the object guard function but it seems like it's been weldocumented that the disab;e function is actually disabled and doesn't do any thing. I was trying to maintain it as it's a bit of added security as only Cortex should be calling Outlook routines but it looks like i'm just going to have to disable it via a reg entry.

Can you explain a bit more about the redemption dll?

Thanks,
Nad

[Paul_B]

Have a look through this information as the source is good and one if used many times before. It also discusses the redemption.dll COM add-in that can overcome the native Outlook object-guard. Be aware that this may lower you security.

http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=52

[Nad]

Paul,

Thanks for the link, unfortunately my programming skills are not adequate enough for me to confortably use the redemption dll with OL2007. I'll try and revisit it again when I have more time to spend looking at how to use it without opening any additional security holes.

Current Solution (if anyone is interested)

I'm only interested in command emails so I've gone back to Outlook Express and am using a sheduled task to execute a batch file that resets the compacting counter every hour.

OLE compacting is an integral part that helps to maintain the message store databases and stops them from getting corrupt, so not allowing the compacting to run will probably cause a few issues down the line but as I won't really have anything in the mailbox, it doesn't really matter to me.

A bit of a bodge job but seems to be doing the trick quite nicely at the moment.

[chris_j_hunter]

wonder if OE is the only (supported) option - could another app' help here ?

Chris

[Nad]

Originally Posted by chris_j_hunter

wonder if OE is the only (supported) option - could another app' help here ?

Chris

Vivian said that Cortex was tested with Outlook 2002, I may still have a copy of that kicking about somewhere but I think XP SP2 has the object guard code so that will still be in effect.

I think it's possible to use any MAPI enabled client, but I need to check the help files again to be sure.

[djgrah]

I too am struggling in trying to get G-mail to work within Cortex. I did notice that there is no option to specify to use SSL encryption within the cortex mail setup. This is mandatory according to G-mail so maybe why it won't work. I'm currently downloading Thunderbird to try.
Doug

[Nad]

Originally Posted by djgrah

I too am struggling in trying to get G-mail to work within Cortex. I did notice that there is no option to specify to use SSL encryption within the cortex mail setup. This is mandatory according to G-mail so maybe why it won't work. I'm currently downloading Thunderbird to try.
Doug

I tried Thunderbird too with no luck. I did find that i can use a gmx.com account directly with Cortex as it does not require a SSL connection. But for some reason the Cortex mail client can only handle plain text emails. I haven't had much time to investigate this yet so I may be missing something but I'd like it if someone could say if this is the case for sure.

Outlook 200X would be best but you'd need to bypass the programatic access control, my hack with a sheduled reg entry was working ok but after a while it causes cortex to throw a wobly and hang. So at the moment i've stopped email commands (not so much of a big deal for me as it's not as cold as it was over the winter so don't need to tell coretx to get the heating on )

Thanks.

[djgrah]

Thanks Nad,
Thunderbird doesnt seem to support the right kind of MAPI. I gess Cortex needs the extended mapi, Thunderbird only supports the basic afaik. I have found a way round this I think, but am just in the process of rebuilding my Cortex pc so can't try it yet!
Doug