Add MS Mail support to Outlook 2002

**Instructions for Outlook 2003 are here. **

See instructions for adding MS Mail to the German and French language versions of Outlook 2002 – don’t use the installer at the bottom of this page, it installs English language DLLs and inf.

Outlook 2002 no longer includes support for MS Mail. Why? Because MS Mail is not Y2K compliant. It’s also very old technology and only supports mail, not special folders such as calendars, tasks and contacts.

Old or not, it still works great as a post office, enabling small LANs to have mail service. To enable MS Mail as service, you need to hack the mapi service file (mapisvc.inf) to restore support. You’ll also need MSFS32.dll from one of the workstations still using MS Mail. An installer is available here that makes restoring MS Mail service easier.

To add MS Mail back to Outlook 2002 as a service (unsupported by MS, use at your own risk):

1. Add

MSFS=Microsoft Mail

to the [Services] section of
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Mapi\1033\mapisvc.inf

2. Add this to the end of mapisvc.inf (watch for broken lines – each line begins with PR_, except the last 3):

[SFS_AB]
PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL
PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}
PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_AB_PROVIDER
PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Address Book
PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Address Book
PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_PRIMARY_IDENTITY
[SFS_MS]
PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL
PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}
PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_STORE_PROVIDER
PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Shared Folders
PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Shared Folders
PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_NO_DEFAULT_STORE
34140102=00ffb8646041b80108002b2b8a290000
[SFS_XP]
PR_PROVIDER_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL
PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}
PR_RESOURCE_TYPE=MAPI_TRANSPORT_PROVIDER
PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail Transport
PR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY=Microsoft Mail Transport
PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=STATUS_PRIMARY_IDENTITY
[MSFS]
PR_SERVICE_INSTALL_ID={6485D278-C2AC-11D1-AD3E-10A0C911C9C0}
PR_DISPLAY_NAME=Microsoft Mail
PR_SERVICE_DLL_NAME=MSFS.DLL
PR_SERVICE_SUPPORT_FILES=msfs.dll
PR_SERVICE_ENTRY_NAME=ServiceEntry
;WIZARD_ENTRY_NAME=WizardInformation
PR_RESOURCE_FLAGS=SERVICE_SINGLE_COPY
Providers=SFS_AB, SFS_MS, SFS_XP

3. Add MSFS32.DLL to
C:\WINNT\system32\

(get it from another computer that has ms mail – it’s about 515 kb.)

Thanks to MVP Dmitry Streblechenko for comparing the inf’s and determining what was needed.

For the editing challenged or just plain lazy, MVP Vince Averello compiled an installer to automate the process for you. It’s here (OL2002 only). It also includes the workgroup post office (wgpo) files, for creating new post offices or administering old ones.

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Last reviewed on Jun 17, 2011