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Author: mtbcpa
Date: Sep 5, 2008 16:48

Outlook 2007:

I am trying to set up a folder in my mailbox, which I would use to
always have a certain website up in Outlook. To do this, I have
created a new folder to contain mail items, then selected Home Page
under properties, entered the web address under address and selected
the check box to show the home page by default. Seems to work great,
with this exception - the links on the page do not work.

More detail - the website I am tyring to use is nexo.com (I am
basically trying to use it to create an intranet for my coworkers
through the internet). The web adress of my site is: http://mysitename.nexo.com.
On the main page there are links to sub pages - when I go to those
pages in internet explorer, the address of those pages is:
http://mysitename.nexo.com/subpagename. If I do the same thing on the
page as it is displayed in Outlook, the site it tries to go to is:
http://www.nexo.com/users/mysitename/subpagename. This of course is
not an actual site and does not work.
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Re: Show Home Page by Default for Folder         


Date: Sep 5, 2008 20:54

Outlook makes a lousy browser plus it is missing many of the security features that IE has. I would not recommend using Outlook to browse the Intra or Internet.

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Author: Diane Poremsky [MVP]
Date: Sep 5, 2008 21:02

Security is tighter in Outlook than in browsers but my intranet site works
so it doesn't block all urls as a rule.

Test it with other urls - does it work?

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"mtbcpa" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Outlook 2007:
>
> I am trying to set up a folder in my mailbox, which I would use...
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Re: Show Home Page by Default for Folder         


Author: mtbcpa
Date: Sep 6, 2008 15:48

On Sep 5, 9:02 pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" msn.com> wrote:
> Security is tighter in Outlook than in browsers but my intranet site works
> so it doesn't block all urls as a rule.
>
> Test it with other urls - does it work?
>
> --
> Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
> Outlook Tips:http://www.outlook-tips.net/
> Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center:http://www.slipstick.com
>
> Outlook Tips by email:
> dailytips-subscribe-requ...@lists.outlooktips.net
>
> EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
> EMO-NEWSLETTER-SUBSCRIBE-REQU...@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
>
> You can access this newsgroup by visitinghttp://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspxor point your
> newsreader to msnews.microsoft.com.
> ...
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Author: Diane Poremsky [MVP]
Date: Sep 6, 2008 16:12

> I have tested with others and it works fine. In fact, on the site I
> am using, some of the links work, and others don't. Again, being a
> non-techie, I am wondering if it is translating the links because some
> kind of java or other kind of script?

Outlook isn't doing any translating. If the site uses scripts or java, then
yes, they may not work due to security.

Review the source code for the page - compare the ones that work with the
ones that don't.

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Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
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"mtbcpa" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sep 5, 9:02 pm, "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" msn.com> wrote:
>> Security...
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Re: Show Home Page by Default for Folder         


Author: Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]
Date: Sep 8, 2008 10:48

"mtbcpa" yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:aed3a6dd-11bd-446f-9337-96b9ebfd79be@x1g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
> I have tested with others and it works fine. In fact, on the site I
> am using, some of the links work, and others don't. Again, being a
> non-techie, I am wondering if it is translating the links because some
> kind of java or other kind of script?

In addition to what's been said, I think that if cascasing style sheets are
in use, OL 2007 will also behave quite differently. OL 2007 uses Word to
render the web pages, not IE as used by earlier versions of Outlook.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
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