How do I connect OfficeTalk to Microsoft Mail or Lotus cc:Mail?

In order to send or receive a message via an external messaging system such as MAPI or VIM, you must be logged into that messaging system. OfficeTalk lets you automatically log into MAPI and/or

VIM messaging systems on starting up OfficeTalk. You can do this by selecting External Mail... from the Options menu. An External Mail dialog box will appear.

External Mail Information dialog box

Check the Turn on MAPI Support and/or the Turn on VIM Support check box(es). Specify a login name and password for each of the services. If you do not supply a login name or password for any of the enabled mail services, OfficeTalk will prompt you for this information every time you log in. The MAPI service will cause OfficeTalk to pop up a MAPI Login dialog box. The VIM service will cause OfficeTalk to pop up a VIM Login dialog box.

If OfficeTalk cannot find the VIM database path, which is usually specified in WMAIL.INI in the CC1DIR directory of a cc:Mail installation, then OfficeTalk will prompt for the database path each time you start up OfficeTalk. Type in the path and press OK. If this dialog box continues to appear, see your cc:Mail administrator who should be able to correct the problem.

If you use the MAPI service, you must be running Windows 3.11 or above and you must have the MAPI.DLL file in the path. It will usually live in the WINDOWS or WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. If you use the VIM service, you will need all the VIM based DLLs which come with cc:Mail. These are as follows:

Required DLLs for VIM

The VIM DLLs will either be found in your WINDOWS directory or in the cc:Mail directory. If you do have the listed DLLs then contact your E-Mail suppliers.

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