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Clément Doss · Guest

Hello,

Can someone check if the following feature table is correct.
I should build a project with the following features, but as you can see not all of
them are possible. So I must double check before saying to my customer "it can't be
done". Please do complete the information if you feel the one I gave is incomplete.

The idea is to "connect" , in anyway, to outlook and outlook express, from delphi to:
(Please correct if I'm wrong)

- Create an account (mail -> IMAP or POP3):
- Directly : Not possible
- Workaround : The account info is stored in the registry, and can be
created/modified from delphi. Can be done in Outlook and Outlook express. The
registry key is diferent, but the account data seems to be the same.
Is this valid for all versions of outlook and outlook express? if not then from which
one?

- Create Rules
- Directly : Not possible.
- Workaround: None. There's a DLL (rule.dll) that can help us, but it's intended
to be used with MicrosoftExchange as a Server Side rule.
* Does outlook prior to 2000 support rules?
* Outlook 2000 stores the rules in a profile folder (Microsoft Outlook Internet
Settings.RWZ). No way to interact with it.
* Outlook XP stores it in the PST file. No way to interact with it.

- View->CurrentView (for POP or IMAP)
- Directly : Only for Outlook XP and newer.
- Workaround : None.
- Storage
* Couldn't find out :-(

Best regards,
Clément