Outlook/Domino Connector

Firstly I apologise if this question has already been dealt with, but I’ve searched thoroughly and can’t find any responses on this specific problem. I need to be able to connect certain users in my company using Outlook clients to their mail (on Domino). I have the connector downloaded from Microsoft and have installed it and set up the mail client as per the instructions. However when I launch the outlook client I get prompted to confirm the mail server and user id, then I’m asked to enter the password - and thats it, it never actually opens up the mail account in the Outlook client, it just repeatedly asks for confirmation of the user details and the password to be reentered before eventually giving up with a message saying “Server is unavailable”. I’ve tried this using my own server in a test environment and it works just fine using the same procedure, so I’m wondering whats wrong. We use roaming profiles here, could that have something to do with it ?

Does the connector expect the user id to be in the data directory of the client ?

Thanks in advance

BAM

Subject: Outlook/Domino Connector

Don’t use Microsoft’s connector – use Lotus’s Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook (DAMO). The Microsoft connector is (and has been) very much out of date.

Subject: RE: Outlook/Domino Connector

Thanks Stan, I take that needs to be installed on the mail server ?

Subject: RE: Outlook/Domino Connector

It’s a local install (one needs a translator bridge to allow access to the Domino server using native Notes protocols). Everything you need to know is in the Domino Administrator Help database under Mail->Domino Access for Microsoft Outlook.