About This Guide

This guide explains how to use the Setup Wizard to install and configure the Sun Java^™ SystemConnector for Microsoft Outlook on your desktop. The Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook will let you and your coworkers use Microsoft Outlook as your e-mail and calendar application while connected to Sun Java System servers. The Connector software performs necessary ongoing communications between Outlook and the Sun Java System server, so that you will have access to your new mailbox and full use of your calendar, address book, and other Outlook features.

The Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook software must be installed and configured on every user's desktop, but after it's installed it will become virtually invisible to you. It will operate automatically, in the background, and will require no maintenance whatsoever.

The system administrator of your network has prepared a special installation package for you, called the Setup Wizard, to install and configure the Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook on your desktop. These installation packages are designed to simplify and automate the installation process, to spare you much of the time and hassle of having to enter technical information and make technical choices by yourself. Your Setup Wizard also contains a conversion program that can automatically convert your existing Outlook data stored on your desktop (if any) — your old messages, address books, contacts, calendar data and so forth — to the new format that the Connector for Microsoft Outlook software can use.

Who Should Read This Book

You should read this book if you plan to install Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook on your desktop.

What You Need to Know

This book assumes that you are responsible for installing the Connector for Microsoft Outlook software on your desktop and that you have a general understanding of the following:

How This Book is Organized

Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring the Software on Your Desktop: Operating instructions and application notes for running the Setup Wizard that will install and configure the Connector software.

Chapter 2: Application Notes for Special Circumstances: Information and instructions to help you resolve a few problems that sometimes arise during a run of the Setup Wizard.

Document Conventions

In this guide, file and directory paths are given in the Windows format (with backslashes separating directory or folder names). If you reference other Sun Java System documentation, you may notice that UNIX conventions designate file and directory paths (with front slashes separating directories).

Monospaced font is used for any text that appears on the computer screen or text that you should type. It is also used for filenames, distinguished names, functions, and examples.

Bold monospaced font is used to represent text within a code example that you should type.

Italicized font is used to represent text that you enter using information that is unique to your installation (for example, variables). It is used for server paths and names.

For example, you might see file references of the form:

ISTOREx.LOG

In this situation, x is a numerical value for the day of the week.

Italicized font is also used for variables or parameters within the synopsis of a command line utility. For example, the installation package supports the command line utility:

/USERNAME=xxx

In the above example, the italicized font is an argument for its associated command. The xxx refers to the userID on the server.

Square (or straight) brackets [] are used to enclose optional parameters. For example, you may see the usage for the setup command described as follows:

installer [options] [arguments]

It is possible to run the installer command by itself as follows to start the Messaging Server installation:

setup

However, the presence of [options] and [arguments] indicate that there are additional optional parameters that may be added to the setup command. For example, you could use setup command with the -k option to keep the installation cache:

setup -k

Where to Find Related Information

The Sun Java System product suite contains other products such as Sun Java System Messaging Server (formerly Sun ONE^™ Messaging Server) and Sun Java System Calendar Server (formerly Sun ONE Calendar Server). Documentation for these and other products can be found at the following URL:

http://docs.sun.com/coll/ConnectorMSO_60

http://docs.sun.com/coll/S1_MsgServer_60

http://docs.sun.com/coll/S1_CalendarServer_60

Where to Find This Book Online

You can find the Sun Java System Connector for Microsoft Outlook Desktop Installation Guide online in PDF and HTML formats. This book can be found at the following URLs: