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Email responses received in Outlook 2003 and 2007 from Lotus Notes/Domino are missing the response
Problem: Email responses from clients using Lotus Notes are missing the client's response, but have my original message at the bottom.
Here's the scenario in which this happens: I send an email to one of our clients from Outlook via Merak Mail server. The client uses Notes/Domino. They respond to my email, but I do not see the text of their response. All I see in their response is my original email, so it effectively looks like an email from them to them written by me (See example at bottom). However, I can see their response If I log in to the Merak Webmail interface AND I can see their response if I download their email to a Notes client (Notes 654) via POP instead of Outlook. So the text is there, it's just getting deleted or hidden when downloaded to Outlook.
I have all add-ons disabled in Outlook. I've tried disabling MS Word as my email reader & editor. I'm running Sophos AV 6.5.9, but it does not scan email (and just to make sure I disabled all Sophos services and rebooted) . I have no 3rd party security suite installed and both Office and Windows are fully patched. I can duplicate this across 6 systems, 5 of which are running Outlook 2007, 1 running Outlook 2003.
EXAMPLE of response email:
From: %Client Name%
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:47 PM
To: %My Name%
Subject: Re: How are you?
Hi %Client Name%,
%BODY of Email that I Originally sent to client%
Sincerely,
%My Name%
Here's the scenario in which this happens: I send an email to one of our clients from Outlook via Merak Mail server. The client uses Notes/Domino. They respond to my email, but I do not see the text of their response. All I see in their response is my original email, so it effectively looks like an email from them to them written by me (See example at bottom). However, I can see their response If I log in to the Merak Webmail interface AND I can see their response if I download their email to a Notes client (Notes 654) via POP instead of Outlook. So the text is there, it's just getting deleted or hidden when downloaded to Outlook.
I have all add-ons disabled in Outlook. I've tried disabling MS Word as my email reader & editor. I'm running Sophos AV 6.5.9, but it does not scan email (and just to make sure I disabled all Sophos services and rebooted) . I have no 3rd party security suite installed and both Office and Windows are fully patched. I can duplicate this across 6 systems, 5 of which are running Outlook 2007, 1 running Outlook 2003.
EXAMPLE of response email:
From: %Client Name%
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 2:47 PM
To: %My Name%
Subject: Re: How are you?
Hi %Client Name%,
%BODY of Email that I Originally sent to client%
Sincerely,
%My Name%
01982, I posted my comment in the wrong question. Sorry!
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also see
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22849789/Problem-viewing-emails-from-Lotus-Notes-in-Outlook.html
which has some similarities.
I hope this helps !
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22849789/Problem-viewing-emails-from-Lotus-Notes-in-Outlook.html
which has some similarities.
I hope this helps !
Outlook is somehwat finicky about MIME structure (Notes is too, but in different areas). There's not much you can do. The web browser and Notes lcients are obviously not having trouble with the MIME formatting and Outlook is having problems with it. You might try a couple of other clients.
BTW, is Outlook getting mail in MAPI. IMAP, or POP3 mode.
BTW, is Outlook getting mail in MAPI. IMAP, or POP3 mode.
ASKER
Thanks Sage. already saw that thread (you'll notice I posted in it, but figured I should open my own thread so as not to confuse things). Unfortunately, I can;t request that the client change their MIME options. And for a Notes client sending directly to the internet, I believe MIME is the only option.
qwaltee - I'm getting the mail in Outlook via POP3.
qwaltee - I'm getting the mail in Outlook via POP3.
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Some additional information and an acceptable workaround. After testing this repeatedly here's the cause. This appears to occur on responses to email that I have sent. It ONLY occurs on replys to emails sent from Outlook in rich text format. RTF emails from outlook appear in Notes with the winmail.dat attachment appended to the email. When I respond to these emails, my response is missing in the reply in Outlook. It appears in Webmail. If I generate the same email from Outlook in either HTML or Plain Text format, I can respond to it no problem. So, the response from qwaltee is correct in that Notes is getting malformed MIME from outlook and its getting further mangled on the reply (to the point where Outlook drops/strips the text). Changing Outlook to HTML or Plain Text is an acceptable workaround/solution.
This question can be closed and 1/2 points awarded to qwaltee as his response that "a Lotus guy said that Notes was getting malformed MIME in the original OL message" is what clued me in to the fact that maybe the problem was related to the format of the original mail.
Thanks!
This question can be closed and 1/2 points awarded to qwaltee as his response that "a Lotus guy said that Notes was getting malformed MIME in the original OL message" is what clued me in to the fact that maybe the problem was related to the format of the original mail.
Thanks!
ASKER
Awarding all 500 pts to qwaletee as in looking over his posts he was correct in that Outlook is somehwat finicky about MIME structure and Notes is getting malformed MIME in the original OL message,
Actually, I did mention this first.
:10.09.2007 at 02:16PM ESTYour Comment
1) Try changing the MIME options, and resending/ testing.
:10.09.2007 at 02:16PM ESTYour Comment
1) Try changing the MIME options, and resending/ testing.
ASKER
You are correct. I misunderstood your response in that I thought you were referring to MIME options in Notes. Did not realize you meant in the originating Outlook mail. Qwaletee's response provided the info that got me thinking the problem was with the origial Outlook mail format.
I have already assigned the points. Can they be split between the two users?
I have already assigned the points. Can they be split between the two users?
Sure, ask community support to re-open and you can reassign as you wish.
Re-opened by Asker request.
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1. Reset the Outlook toolbar template. With Outlook close, do a search for and rename outcmd.dat file. Do the same for frmcache.dat and outlprnt files. Restart Outlook.
Outcmd.dat is located in C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Applicatio
2. Delete and recreate the POP accounts in Outlook.
3. If no joy, an addin may be interfering. Disable Outlook Addins. Go to Tools > Options > Other > Advanced Options > Addin Manager or COMM/Addins and disable the addins.
4. Check if an external program running in the background is interfering with Outlook. Check Firewall, antivirus, antispyware, antispam, and all Norton programs. Disable these programs one at a time.
5. If no joy, create a new Outlook profile.
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/profile.htm
Hope this helps, war1