Microsoft KB Archive/172073

= OL97: Contents of the Outlook.prf File =

Article ID: 172073

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q172073



SUMMARY
The More Information section of this article contains the complete text of the Outlook.prf file that ships with Microsoft Outlook 97. This file is located in the Office folder on the Microsoft Office 97 CD-ROM and the Microsoft Outlook 97 CD-ROM. Your version of this file may vary slightly depending on which version of Outlook you have. Setup puts a copy of this file in the Windows folder on your hard disk.

Administrators can customize the Outlook.prf file before installing Outlook, or after installing but before the user starts Outlook for the first time. Administrators can also use Outlook.prf in conjunction with Newprof.exe to automate the creation of messaging profiles. A unique Outlook.prf file is required for every unique messaging profile.



MORE INFORMATION
; Outlook PRF file for Exchange Server users
 * Copyright (C), Microsoft Corporation, 1996.
 * The following PRF file is included as an example of how to create a PRF
 * file that will configure Outlook users with Exchange Server. Section 1,
 * 2, and 3 may be modified. DO NOT MODIFY SECTION 4. It will most likely
 * cause Exchange services to crash. Be very careful when editing to ensure
 * property values match their property types. NOTE: The HomeServer setting
 * for the Microsoft Exchange Server must be filled in before using this
 * file.
 * For information about how to disable Outlook Profile Setup and instead
 * use the Inbox Setup Wizard, see NONE.PRF in the Office Resource Kit.
 * For information about how to disable Outlook Profile Setup and instead
 * use the Inbox Setup Wizard, see NONE.PRF in the Office Resource Kit.
 * use the Inbox Setup Wizard, see NONE.PRF in the Office Resource Kit.


 * Section 1 - Profile defaults.
 * Section 1 - Profile defaults.

[General] Custom=1 ProfileName=Microsoft Outlook DefaultProfile=Yes OverwriteProfile=Yes DefaultStore=Service2
 * -- Required. Indicates that this is a customized PRF file.


 * Section 2 - Services in profile.
 * Section 2 - Services in profile.

[Service List] Service1=Microsoft Outlook Client Service2=Microsoft Exchange Server Service3=Outlook Address Book


 * Section 3 - Default values for each service.
 * Section 3 - Default values for each service.

[Service1] EmptyWastebasket=FALSE SelectEntireWord=TRUE AfterMoveMessage=2 CloseOriginalMessage=FALSE GenReadReceipt=FALSE GenDeliveryReceipt=FALSE DefaultSensitivity=0 DefaultPriority=1 SaveSentMail=TRUE

[Service2] ConversionProhibited=TRUE HomeServer=Enter your Microsoft Exchange Server Name
 * Required.
 * -- The name of the Microsoft Exchange Server the user should
 * connect to. You can specify any Microsoft Exchange Server
 * in your site, and the correct Home Server will be assigned
 * when the user first logs on.

[Service3] Ben=TRUE
 * -- Dummy property.  Do not delete or modify.


 * Section 4 - Mapping for profile properties. DO NOT MODIFY.
 * Section 4 - Mapping for profile properties. DO NOT MODIFY.


 * Microsoft Outlook Client definitions
 * Microsoft Outlook Client definitions

[Microsoft Outlook Client] SectionGUID=0a0d020000000000c000000000000046

EmptyWastebasket=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0115
 * -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to empty the
 * wastebasket on exit.

SelectEntireWord=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0118
 * -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to select entire
 * words when selecting.

AfterMoveMessage=PT_LONG,0x013B
 * -- Indicates what to do after moving or deleting a message.
 * Possible values are shown below:
 * 0 - Open Next Message
 * 1 - Return to Viewer
 * 2 - Open Previous Message

CloseOriginalMessage=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0132
 * -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to close the
 * original message after replying.

GenReadReceipt=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0141
 * -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to generate
 * a read receipt on sent mail.

GenDeliveryReceipt=PT_BOOLEAN,0x014C
 * -- A boolean value indicating whether or not to generate
 * a delivery receipt on sent mail.

DefaultSensitivity=PT_LONG,0x014F
 * -- The default sensitivity to send mail with.
 * Possible values are shown below:
 * 0 - Normal
 * 1 - Personal
 * 2 - Private
 * 3 - Confidential

DefaultPriority=PT_LONG,0x0140
 * -- The default priority to send mail with.
 * Possible values are shown below:
 * 0 - Low
 * 1 - Normal
 * 2 - High

SaveSentMail=PT_BOOLEAN,0x0142
 * -- A boolean value indicating whether to save a copy of
 * sent messages in the sent items folder.


 * Microsoft Exchange Server service definitions.
 * Microsoft Exchange Server service definitions.

[Microsoft Exchange Server] ServiceName=MSEMS MDBGUID=5494A1C0297F101BA58708002B2A2517

MailboxName=PT_STRING8,0x6607
 * -- The name of the user's Exchange Server Mailbox

HomeServer=PT_STRING8,0x6608
 * -- The name of the Microsoft Exchange Server the user should
 * connect to. You can specify any Microsoft Exchange Server
 * in your site, and the correct Home Server will be assigned
 * when the user first logs on.

OfflineFolderPath=PT_STRING8,0x6610
 * -- The path to the Offline Store File that contains
 * local replicas of the user's Mailbox and Favorites.
 * If you do not specify a value, no Offline Store will
 * be created. If you specify a path, an Offline Store
 * will be created and the Inbox, Outbox, Deleted Items,
 * and Sent Items folders will be replicated to it.

OfflineAddressBookPath=PT_STRING8,0x660E
 * -- The path to the directory to store offline address
 * book files in.

ExchangeConfigFlags=PT_LONG,0x6601
 * -- Flags that control behavior when connecting to the Exchange
 * Server.
 * The following values are possible:
 * VALUE          RESULT
 * 4              Normal
 * 6              Ask whether to connect or work offline at startup.
 * 12             Allow clients to be authenticated via the Internet
 * 14             Combination of 6 and 12.

ConversionProhibited=PT_BOOLEAN,0x3A03
 * -- A boolean value indicating whether NEWPROF should
 * attempt to resolve the Exchange mailbox name at run time.
 * If set to TRUE, NEWPROF will copy the name to the profile
 * without resolving it.
 * If FALSE, the name will be resolved. Invalid server or
 * mailbox name will not be copied to the profile.


 * Microsoft Mail service definitions.
 * Microsoft Mail service definitions.

[Microsoft Mail] ServiceName=MSFS


 * -- The path to the users post office.  Mapped network drives, UNC
 * and NETWARE paths are acceptable. NETWARE paths of the type
 * NWServer/share:dir\dir1 are converted to UNC paths of the type
 * \\NWServer\share\dir\dir1.

ServerPath=PT_STRING8,0x6600


 * -- The users mailbox name.  eg. in a NET/PO/USER address,
 * this is USER. The maximum mailbox name is 10 characters.

Mailbox=PT_STRING8,0x6601


 * -- The users mailbox password.  The maximum password is 8
 * characters.

Password=PT_STRING8,0x67f0

supplied.
 * -- A boolean value indicating whether the users password is
 * to be remembered in the profile or not. This is useful because
 * if the password is remembered the user can bypass the logon
 * prompt if his server path, mailbox name and password are all ;

RememberPassword=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6606


 * -- The connection type.  This may be one of CFG_CONN_AUTO,
 * CFG_CONN_LAN, CFG_CONN_REMOTE, CFG_CONN_OFFLINE as defined
 * below.
 * 0x0        --  LAN type connection.  Used to connect to the
 * post office using a UNC path or pre-existing
 * mapped drive.
 * 0x1        --  Dial up connection using Dial-up Networking.
 * 0x2        --  Not connected.
 * 0x3        --  Automatically detect whether the connection
 * type is LAN or REMOTE. This connection type
 * is only available on Win95.
 * is only available on Win95.

ConnectionType=PT_LONG,0x6603


 * -- A boolean value indicating whether session logging
 * is on or off.

UseSessionLog=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6604


 * -- The path to the session log file.

SessionLogPath=PT_STRING8,0x6605


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether mail in the outbox
 * is sent.

EnableUpload=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6620


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether mail in the server
 * mailbag is downloaded.

EnableDownload=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6621


 * -- A bit array which allows the user to indicate which addresses
 * for which the transport is to attempt delivery. This is useful
 * in order to allow a user to specify that a transport only
 * handle delivery for a subset of the addresses it can really
 * process. When multiple transports are installed and the user
 * wants a different transport to handle some specific address
 * types they can use this bit array to specify that the MSMAIL
 * transport only handle a specific set of addresses.
 * Possible values as defined below include:
 * 0x00000001     --  Local Post Office and External Post Office
 * address types
 * 0x00000002     --  PROFS address types
 * 0x00000004     --  SNADS address types
 * 0x00000008     --  MCI address types
 * 0x00000010     --  X.400 address types
 * 0x00000040     --  FAX address types
 * 0x00000080     --  MHS address types
 * 0x00000100     --  SMTP address types
 * 0x00000800     --  OfficeVision address types
 * 0x00001000     --  MacMail address types
 * 0x000019df     --  All of the above address types
 * 0x00001000     --  MacMail address types
 * 0x000019df     --  All of the above address types

UploadMask=PT_LONG,0x6622


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether a netbios notification
 * is sent to a recipients transport when mail is delivered to
 * their server inbox.

NetBiosNotification=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6623


 * -- The polling interval in minutes when the transport
 * checks for new mail. 1 <= polling interval <= 9999

NewMailPollInterval=PT_STRING8,0x6624


 * -- A boolean value which, if TRUE, only displays the Microsoft
 * Mail Global Address list for name selection. The Postoffice
 * list, external post office lists, and gateway address lists are
 * not shown.

DisplayGalOnly=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6625


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to enable
 * headers while working on the LAN. Headers mode allows the user
 * to download message headers and selectively choose which mail
 * to download.

UseHeadersOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6630


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to use
 * name resolution based on a local copy of the server address book
 * rather than the server address book itself.

UseLocalAdressBookOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6631


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether EXTERNAL.EXE, a server
 * process, should be used to deliver submitted mail messages.
 * This is sometimes useful when mail is running on a slow LAN
 * connection.

UseExternalToHelpDeliverOnLAN=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6632


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to
 * enable headers while working over a slow speed link. Headers
 * mode allows the user to download message headers and
 * selectively choose which mail to download.

UseHeadersOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6640


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether the user wants to use
 * name resolution based on a local copy of the server address
 * book rather than the server address book itself.

UseLocalAdressBookOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6641


 * -- A boolean value which indicates whether EXTERNAL.EXE, a server
 * process, should be used to deliver submitted mail messages.
 * This speeds up message delivery when mail is running on a
 * Dial-up network connection.

UseExternalToHelpDeliverOnRAS=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6639


 * -- A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network
 * connection should be established when the transport provider
 * starts up.

ConnectOnStartup=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6642


 * -- A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network
 * connection should be automatically terminated when headers are
 * finished downloading.

DisconnectAfterRetrieveHeaders=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6643


 * -- A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network
 * connection should be automatically terminated after mail has
 * finished being sent received.

DisconnectAfterRetrieveMail=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6644


 * -- A boolean value which indicates that a Dial-up Network
 * connection should be automatically terminated when the provider
 * is exited.

DisconnectOnExit=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6645


 * -- The name of the Dial-up Network profile that the transport will
 * use by default to attempt the connection.

DefaultDialupConnectionName=PT_STRING8,0x6646


 * -- Number of times to attempt dial for connection.
 * 1 <= retry attempts <= 9999

DialupRetryCount=PT_STRING8,0x6648


 * -- Delay between retry attempts in seconds.
 * 30 <= retry delay <= 9999

DialupRetryDelay=PT_STRING8,0x6649


 * Personal Folders service definitions.
 * Personal Folders service definitions.

[Personal Folders] ServiceName=MSPST MS


 * -- Path to personal folders.

PathToPersonalFolders=PT_STRING8,0x6700


 * -- A boolean value that determines if the personal folders
 * password should be cached.

RememberPassword=PT_BOOLEAN,0x6701


 * -- A value that designates the type of encryption that is used to
 * compress the data in the PST:
 * No Encryption             0x80000000
 * Compressable Encryption   0x40000000
 * Best Encryption           0x20000000
 * Best Encryption           0x20000000

EncryptionType=PT_LONG,0x6702


 * -- PST password.

Password=PT_STRING8,0x6703


 * Personal Address Book service definitions.
 * Personal Address Book service definitions.

[Personal Address Book] ServiceName=MSPST AB


 * -- Path to personal address book.

PathToPersonalAddressBook=PT_STRING8,0x6600


 * -- Determines if PAB entries are first, last, or last, first.
 * first last               0
 * last, first              1
 * last, first              1

ViewOrder=PT_LONG,0x6601


 * Outlook Address Book service definitions.
 * Outlook Address Book service definitions.

[Outlook Address Book] ServiceName=CONTAB Ben=PT_STRING8,0x6700
 * -- Dummy property.  Do not modify.

