mstehle: The CDOs and CDONTS of Messaging Development
Dedicated to Exchange and Outlook development topics of all kinds
FYI: Exchange 2007 on its way!
The launch of the decade continues... The Exchange team announced that they have signed off on the...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 12/08/2006
FYI: Better Together: A look at how Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007 work together...
There is a new technet article written by Michael Khalili, an Exchange PM, which talks about some of...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 12/04/2006
FYI: Glen's Exchange Dev Blog is awesome...
If you are an Exchange developer and haven't checked out Glen Scales's blog then you are missing...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 11/28/2006
KB: 919169, Access Denied or 403 Forbidden When Creating Appointments in WebDAV/CDOEX
I saw another case on this issue and remembered that I hadn't put this on my blog yet. If you are...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 11/21/2006
FYI: MSDNWiki and ExchangeNinjas, our first cracks at Wikis
Support Engineers, like myself, at Microsoft interact with online documentation as much as anybody...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 11/09/2006
KB: You receive an error message when you try to send an e-mail message by using the System.Web.Mail namespace in the .NET Framework
We have an article published now which addresses my earlier post about the myths regarding...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 11/07/2006
FYI: Want to build VSTO AddIns for Office 2007? VSTO 2005 SE Download Available Now!
VSTO 2005 SE is a free download for Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office AND Visual Studio 2005...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 11/06/2006
FYI: Exchange 2007, New Features, Discontinued Features, and De-Emphasized Functionality
There are some new posts on Tech Net regarding Microsoft Exchange 2007... Discontinued...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 11/03/2006
FYI: Supported Configurations of Exchange and Windows
I always find myself looking for this table so I thought I would post it here as well for anybody...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 10/30/2006
FYI: KC Lemson On Viewing Internet Headers of Mail Messages...
This post by KC Lemson provides some good sample code to view the internet headers of mail messages...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 10/27/2006
UPDATED: FYI: Looking for Office 2007 Training Materials??
Look no further! In preparation for the upcoming release of Office 2007 release this Friday we have...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 10/24/2006
OUTBOX: Understanding the Exchange store and CDO 1.21
This is from an email I send out this morning after a discussion about CDO 1.21 and the Exchange...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 10/20/2006
FYI: Exchange Team Blog: Email Archiving in Exchange
We get a lot of calls relating to custom email archiving solutions with Exchange. A lot of folks...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 10/18/2006
FYI: Exchange Team Blog: Exchange 2007/2003 System Management Coexistance...
...More Exchange 2007 information from the Exchange Team Blog about managing Exchange in a 2007 and...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 10/09/2006
FYI: Patrick Creehan joins me blogging from the messaging developer support team!
Patrick Creehan is the latest member of the Messaging Developer Support team to start blogging....
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 09/28/2006
FYI: Understanding Exchange 2007 Roles
A big part of development against Exchange 2007 will be understanding where to put your code or...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 09/12/2006
FYI: More From Ryan Gregg, Outlook 2007 Development Q&A
Ryan actually published this post last week but I had yet to link to it. I have been asked many of...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 09/12/2006
FYI: UPDATE COM AddIns in Outlook 2007
If you have COM AddIns written in Outlook 2003 and earlier that you want to know what we are doing...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 09/12/2006
HOWTO: Determining the Owner of a Shared Folder
The Outlook 2003 Object Model does not have much support for shared folders outside the...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 09/07/2006
FYI: MAPI Subsystem and CDO 1.21 download now available
You can now download the MAPI subsystem and CDO 1.21 from Microsoft and install them separate from...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 08/03/2006
FYI: MSDN Doco Correction: System.Net.Mail AlternateView doc error...
Ryan Rinaldi does a good job of pointing out an error in our MSDN documentation on the AlternateView...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 06/27/2006
FYI: MAPI Editor Is Here! (Formerly known as MFCMAPI)
My good friend Steve Griffin has been hard at work updating MFCMAPI to now be worthy of a bland PR...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 06/20/2006
FYI: New Look Into the Future of Outlook Development (Outlook 2007 Preview Docs Released)
The Office 2007 Product teams have begun posting public information on the new Office suite...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 06/20/2006
FYI: The Freebusy Story & New Sample Code!
Many times when scheduling appointments in Exchange, especially when you are already using HTTP...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 06/12/2006
OWA: How to Get Freebusy Information
The following HTTP Request uses an OWA command to retrieve Freebusy information for a particular...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 06/12/2006
DAV: How To Search Calendar For Conflicts
Here is a WebDAV sample for searching a user’s calendar for conflicts. Given a mailbox name and...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 06/12/2006
FYI: ProtocolSettings and MAPI client restrictions affect MAPI and CDO 1.21
There are several options for configuring restrictions on MAPI client access to Exchange 2003 SP 2....
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 05/01/2006
HOWTO: How To Search mv.string Properties using WebDAV
...I have posted a new WebDAV sample for using mv.string properties like Keywords and RRule in WHERE...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 04/20/2006
DAV: How To Search mv.string Properties
The following SEARCH will return items which have been associated with the “Business” category but...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 04/19/2006
KB: Frequently asked questions about custom forms and Outlook solutions
Since joining the Messaging Developer Support team last year, my main focus has been on Exchange...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 04/14/2006
OUTBOX: Registering a VB Script Store Sink
The following is an exerpt from an email describing the steps to setup a VBS event sink on...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 04/06/2006
SAMPLES: CDOEX Samples Listing
CDOEX Samples Index Listed below are links to my CDOEX samples. If you have questions about...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 03/10/2006
FYI: New Sample Code! CDOEX & WebDAV How To Add Recurrence to
In an effort to provide samples in a organized and repeatable manner, I have created a format for...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 03/09/2006
TOC: Table of Contents for Article Postings
Here is a table of contents for all my article postings… Samples by Technology CDOEX Samples Listing...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 03/09/2006
CDOEX: How To Add Recurrence to a Single Appointment
The following CDOEX code will add indefinite weekly recurrence to an individual appointment… public...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 03/09/2006
DAV: How To Add Recurrence to a Single Appointment
The following PROPPATCH will add indefinite weekly recurrence to an individual appointment… <?xml...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 03/09/2006
DISCLAIMER: Please read...
The information in this weblog is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. This...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 03/08/2006
SAMPLES: WebDAV Samples Listing
WebDAV Samples Index Listed below are links to my WebDAV samples. If you have questions about...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 03/08/2006
HOWTO: Configure Exchange Event Service on Exchange 2003 with minimum permissions
We have received several support calls in the past months relating to migrating Exchange Event...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 03/08/2006
HOWTO: Bind to items from CDO/MAPI using WebDAV
Summary Using PR_URL_COMPNAME to bind to an item in WebDAV from CDO/MAPI involves understanding the...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 02/28/2006
FYI: CDO 1.21 Anonymous logon changes in Exchange 2000/2003
...Don't know if many people try to use this anymore but it is worth noting... SYMPTOM Receive...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 02/23/2006
FYI: The Future of Public Folders
The Exchange Team has a great new post on the future of Public Folders in Exchange 12 and...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 02/20/2006
FYI: Exchange Team Blog: Minimum permissions necessary to access mailbox data
For those of use who have fought with Exchange account permissions, here is a concise description of...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 01/26/2006
OUTBOX: Introduction to Exchange Store Event Sinks Part 2
Coming from Exchange 5.5 Event Service Scripts to Exchange Store Event Sinks involves more than just...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 01/19/2006
OUTBOX: Introduction to Exchange Store Event Sinks Part 1
This is the first part of a two part series on getting started with and understanding Exchange Store...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 01/17/2006
FYI: Exchange 5.5 has Retired
Well all good things must come to an end, on December 31, 2005 Exchange 5.5 reached the end of its...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 01/04/2006
KB: Suitable Applications for Exchange Server Event Scripting
The following article details some of the limitations of Exchange Server Event Scripting (available...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 12/27/2005
KB: Outlook Object Model Limitations
...I added a new category for this post called "KB" which is for noting KB articles that are new or...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 12/12/2005
OT: Proper Pronunciation of CDONTS...
FYI IMO there a lot of TLA's out there these days. Some acronyms get pronounced phonetically like...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 12/06/2005
FYI: Exchange 12 Developer Roadmap...
A couple days ago I posted a link to upcoming Outlook Object Model changes and new features, I...
Author: Matt Stehle - MSFT Date: 12/05/2005