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Subscribers of our mail2web.com Exchange Professional plan can now download their copy of Outlook 2007. This free upgrade from Outlook 2003 is currently available in 8 different languages and we’ll be adding more languages as Microsoft makes them available. 

Of course, customers can still continue to use Outlook 2003 - the choice is yours. We will continue to support and make both versions available through your mail2web.com control panel. Keep in mind the system requirements are higher for this version.

But there are many good reasons to upgrade - the faster search is definitely something I needed but it is some of the simple features that I appreciated most. Being able to drag a task into my calendar not only keeps me more organized by also gives me an archive of what I’ve accomplished.

Being able to view attachments in the preview pane, even .TIF files, with the new Attachment Previewer, is small but useful.

I still haven’t figured out how I’m going to incorporate the calendar overlay feature, which allows me to lay one user’s calendar over another. But I know it’s cool.

There are tons of other great features so I encourage any mail2web.com Exchange Professional customer to log into the mail2web.com control panel and download their copy to see the improvements for themselves.

This is an upgrade, so you don’t need to un-install your previous version of Outlook 2003 (if you were a mail2web.com subscriber prior to this post). Depending on your setup you may need to remove any 3rd-party add-ons prior to doing the upgrade and please reference Microsoft.com for additional information such as critical security updates like Outlook Service Pack 2.

You will need to use the new license key, which you’ll find located at the bottom of the Outlook download page (note: there are two license keys in on this page - one for Outlook 2003, the other for Outlook 2007 - make sure you use enter the correct key).

If you encounter any problems, be sure to contact support@mail2web.com. And stay posted as we announce dates around other Exchange upgrades during the calendar year. We are following Microsoft’s guidance in terms of making the Exchange 2007 platform upgrade, which is expected in Q2 , but we will be doing our own diligence to make sure any upgrade is as bug free as possible and overall ensure that we continue to provide a solid, reliable solution.

John Carthy
V.P. Sales and Marketing
SoftCom Technology Consulting Inc.