Outlook 10 also provides more efficient server connections, because the Remote Procedure Call connections, buffer, and request sizes have been optimized. This optimization is still ongoing and will result in faster network connections. And, if a connection to the Global Catalog server is disrupted for any reason, Outlook asks for a referral to another directory server and will connect to that server on the fly. Of course, this action helps only if you have more than one Catalog server in your network. You can configure Outlook 10 for offline use with a single command, and you can also synchronize IMAP, POP, and MAPI folders in one operation.
Users can choose to synchronize only headers or complete e-mail items.
Microsoft also plans to include a Progress Reporting feature to notify the user how long the synchronization process will take, allowing the user to selectively cancel synchronization for individual accounts. However, at this point in the beta process the product probably won't include any additional new features, and most of the features described here should work as I've described. I'm still impressed with Outlook's new version, even without the LWSS and Office Designer. As the saying goes, Microsoft never gets things right until version 3, and with Outlook approaching version 3, that saying appears true. Get the code for this issue here .