Microsoft KB Archive/173381

= XCLN: Support Policy for Exchange or Outlook on Mac OS 8.x =

Article ID: Q173381

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Exchange Macintosh client, versions 4.0, 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook for Macintosh, Exchange Server Edition, version 8.0


 * This article contains information about using Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Outlook for Macintosh clients with configurations that have not been tested and are not supported by Microsoft. **************************************************************************

SUMMARY
Running Microsoft Exchange version 4.0 or 5.0 or Microsoft Outlook for Macintosh version 8.0 clients on Apple Macintosh OS 8.0 has not been tested and may not run as expected. Changes made in the operating system are not fully supported by these clients. Support for Macintosh OS 8.0 is being considered for future releases of Microsoft Outlook.

MORE INFORMATION
For the current known issues with Microsoft Exchange and Mac OS 8.0, see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q173124 XCLN: Exchange Macintosh Client Hangs When Using Shif+F10

Q172900 XCLN: Macintosh Client Hangs After Message Color is Changed Microsoft Outlook for Macintosh, Exchange Server Edition, version 8.0, which ships with Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5, disables these features when running on the Mac OS 8.0 system software.

These problems occur due to a change made in Macintosh OS 8.0, not Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Outlook. Microsoft is working closely with Apple to resolve these issues and will post more information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: Mac OS

Keywords         : XCLN Version          : 4.0 5.0 8.0 Platform         : MACINTOSH Issue type       : kbprb Solution Type    : kbpending