Part 2: Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application

Update April 6th: The full article is finally available on TechNet - Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application.

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Due to some publishing delays, the new article “Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application” will not be available today on TechNet. So, in case you were anxiously awaiting the specific “how-to” information, here is an abbreviated version in blog form.

See my previous post on this topic for the overview (Customize the 2007 Office system to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application).

Maintain a non-Microsoft e-mail application as your default e-mail client

Select and complete the appropriate solution steps from the following list:

· If you are deploying the 2007 Office system, without Office Outlook 2007 or earlier, to work with a non-Microsoft e-mail application, follow these steps in the OCT:

a. In the Additional content area, click Add registry entries.

b. Click Add to add the following registry entries.

·  If you are deploying the 2007 Office system with Office Outlook 2007 and you want an existing non-Microsoft e-mail application to remain the default e-mail client, follow these steps in the OCT:

a. In the navigation pane, in the Setup area, click Modify Setup properties.

b. Click Add to add the following names and values that are appropriate.