Outlook + SQL 2000 SP4 on Windows 2003 2node Active/Passive Cluste

Hi
I have only "heard" that installing Outlook on Windows 2003 cluster running
SQL 2000 might create problems.
Has anyone actually experienced this ? Or am I just hearing rumours.
I would like to install Outlook provided there is no down side to it. What
are the alternatives to Outlook or MAPI all together.
Thanks in advance.Hi
I have not heard of any Outlook/Cluster issue as such but..
it may be the only way of getting Extended MAPI installed on the system
without breaking any licencing agreement or installing exchange server. You
would need to set up exactly the same profile on both side of the cluster.
If you are using a SMTP server (such as excahnge) then you could use XP_SMTP
instead http://www.sqldev.net/xp/xpsmtp.htm
John
"kunalap" wrote:

> Hi
> I have only "heard" that installing Outlook on Windows 2003 cluster runnin
g
> SQL 2000 might create problems.
> Has anyone actually experienced this ? Or am I just hearing rumours.
> I would like to install Outlook provided there is no down side to it. What
> are the alternatives to Outlook or MAPI all together.
> Thanks in advance.
>|||"kunalap" <kunalap@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> I have only "heard" that installing Outlook on Windows 2003 cluster
running
> SQL 2000 might create problems.
> Has anyone actually experienced this ? Or am I just hearing rumours.
>
We have done this. The best advice as others have said is make sure the
profile is exactly the same on both servers.
If you're not connecting to an Exchange server,but say just using SMTP to
SEND message from SQL Server, I'd recommend installing a local SMTP instance
on each node and using that to rely the messages.
Have SQL Mail send to the local copy of the SMTP server. That eliminates a
lot of situations where the MAPI client will hang.

> I would like to install Outlook provided there is no down side to it. What
> are the alternatives to Outlook or MAPI all together.
> Thanks in advance.
>