It can be done.[1] I worked through the logistics of doing so for a large customer a couple of years ago. I believe they wound up writing a script to wrap around the Outlook installation and configuration process which copied the OAB files from a network share or possibly a CD. OL2003 might have some other mechanisms for handling this... But I haven't seen the deployment tools yet to be sure.
[1] At least through OL2K. On 3/11/03 11:22, "Tony Hlabse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone pushed out an OAB to end users to preload that file during > Outlook deployment for a new email system. This way when they go online only > the updates will be pulled down. With over 50K users in the GAL we are > trying to minimize traffic when the Exchange system goes live. We think it > can be done just never done it and was wondering if anyone here has done > this. If so how did you do it. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

