Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Solution Center

Configuration

Description of the Allow script check boxes in Outlook 2003
Describes the functions of the Allow script in shared folders check box and the Allow script in Public Folders check box in Outlook 2003. The article also lists references that describe how to manage users' configurations by using group policies.
How to configure static communication ports in Outlook 2007 and in Outlook 2003
Explains how to configure static communication ports in Outlook by creating an Outlook profile file. You can import the Outlook profile file with the fixed port settings in your default profile to make your Outlook communicate over these ports.
How to configure Outlook to receive e-mail messages from an IMAP server
Explains how to configure Outlook to connect to an Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP4) server. IMAP4 protocol uses port 25 SMTP to send messages an IMAP4 server uses port 143 to listen for messages.

Outlook 2003 may stop responding when you right-click a mailbox folder
Describes an issue in which Outlook 2003 stops responding when you right-click a mailbox folder when the folder's home page is displayed. Provides a hotfix.
Description of the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: February 7, 2006
Describes the Outlook 2003 issue that is fixed in the Outlook 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated February 7, 2006.
When you change a junk e-mail setting in the Outlook 2003 user interface, the junk e-mail setting reverts to the configuration that is set in the registry after you restart Outlook
Discusses a problem in which the junk e-mail protection level reverts to the level that is specified in the registry when a user tries to change the junk e-mail protection level in Outlook 2003.

The option in the Authentication dialog box to connect to the Exchange server by using a smart card is not supported in Outlook 2003
Explains that Outlook 2003 does not support using a smart card to connect to an Exchange server even though the option appears in the Authentication dialog box.
Search Folders do not appear in Outlook Web Access
Describes that the Search Folders you created in an Exchange profile do not appear in Outlook Web Access. Requires you to turn off the Cached Exchange Mode option to resolve the problem.
You cannot change the default profile by using the Choose Profile dialog box in Outlook 2003
Explains that you cannot use the Choose Profile dialog box in Outlook 2003 to change the default profile. You can use the Mail item in Control Panel to set the default profile.