Use Outlook to open documents ?

[zokstuzla]

Hello all,

Would it be possible to configure Alfresco so that user can use Outlook to open e-mail messages which are received via Alfresco IMAP server ?

The idea is that users can map IMAP folders through CIFS and then open message files in outlook.

Thank you in advance,

Best,
Zoran

[mrogers]

I'm a little confused by your posting.    In particular your reference to CIFS.

The IMAP interface allows an IMAP client like Outlook to open files directly from the IMAP Server built into Alfresco.  

There's no need to get CIFS which is a file system protocol involved.    Yes of course you can open an outlook ".eml" file through CIFS but that's nothing to do with IMAP.

[zokstuzla]

Hello,

That is what I am trying to do, but when I try to open ".eml" file using CIFS mapped drive, with Outlook, I am getting error message : "The command line argument is not valid. Verify the switch you are using"

Does it have to do something with Outlook configuration, or with CIFS ?

Thanks,
Zoran

[gravitonian]

Hi,

As far as I know MIME messages (.eml text format) cannot be directly opened with for example Outlook 2007. It does not support that format, you need .msg (binary format) to be able to open the email in Outlook.

You can open .eml messages with Outlook Express or for example Thunderbird.

When you put an email into Alfresco via IMAP it is converted from .msg to .eml.

Martin Bergljung
Opsera (http://www.opsera.com)
OpsMailmanager enterprise email management

[zokstuzla]

Hello,

Yes, these messages could be opened with Outlook Express, but attachments could not be read, probably because Alfresco is saving it separatelly, in another space.

The idea was to enable users which are accessing Alfresco only through CIFS ( Windows explorer ) to be able to read complete emails ( inclueding attachments ) but is is obviously not possible, so I will have to find some other workaround.

Thank you for you assistance.

Best Regards,
Zoran Kuret

[mrogers]

You can turn off the extract attachments.

[zokstuzla]

Hello,

Would you please let me know how can I do that ?

Thanks,

Zoran

[mrogers]

imap.server.attachments.extraction.enabled=false

turns off extraction everywhere.

You can also turn off extraction on a space by space basis e.g.
imap.config.ignore.extraction=xxx
imap.config.ignore.extraction.value.xxx.store=${spaces.store}
imap.config.ignore.extraction.value.xxx.rootPath=/${spaces.company_home.childname}/${spaces.sites.childname}/cm:xxx

[zokstuzla]

Hello,

Believe it or not, it is not possible to open .eml files with Outlook. I tried a number of solutions but none of it really works.

In my situation, there is a group of users who are accessing Alfresco repository through IMAP connection, receiving and storing emails into some predefined spaces.

The other group should be able to read these emails using CIFS connection, through Windows explorer and Outlook ( this company does not use Outlook Express and is not installed on their machines )

But, there is no way that you could make Outlook read .eml files, except of importing it which is a way too complicated.


I wonder, is there a way to change format of emails on Alfresco side ? To make Alfresco save e-mails in .msg format which Outlook can read ?

Thanks and Best regards,
Zoran Kuret

[andreas_wilmsme]

Hi,
Outlook 2010 is (will be) able to directly open EML files, finally.
I do, however, have issues opening Emails with attachments using the IMAP protocol (see http://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25786).
Hope this helps,
Andreas