ChangeMessageClassPF for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007

Purpose

A property of the item called message class determines the form the item uses. This application can help you to change the message class for incoming messages from the default to custom one. For example, you create a custom Outlook form with IPM.Note.Sales message class and you need that each message e-mailed to your "Sales" mail-enabled public folder will be converted to your custom form (IPM.Note.Sales) immediately after receiving to display information in a Sales custom form. See a good article that describes an Exchange 5.X - based application to support group mailbox functionality: Implementing a Group Mailbox or Public Folder.
Using ChangeMessageClassPF application you can implement the same functionality in your Exchange 2007 Server based system.

The application also can delete permanently the incoming messages associated with a certain message class. For example, you can delete all nondelivery reports whose message class is Report.IPM.Note.NDR before delivering them to the certain public folder.

The application is an Exchange store event sink.

Benefits

• Message type conversion is processed instantly, before any rules are applied
• You can set up ChangeMessageClassPF on per-folder basis
• The application is server-centric, so you do not need to install any extra software on the client side

Installation

On your Exchange Server 2007 computer:

1. Create a new mail-enabled public folder named PFCMCTEST1. Create a new mail-enabled public folder named PFCMCTEST2.
2. Create or select a mailbox-enabled user account (let's name it "CMCAdmin") that is a member of the Domain Admins and Domain Users security groups. That account must have full permissions on the Public Folder store.
   Open Exchange Management Shell and execute
   Get-PublicFolderDatabase | add-adpermission -user CMCAdmin -accessRights GenericAll
3. Log on as CMCAdmin to your Exchange 2007 Server computer.
4. Create C:\Program Files\CMCPF\ directory. Download ChangeMessageClassPF2007-Demo.zip archive file to C:\Program Files\CMCPF\ directory and extract all files.
5. Run C:\Program Files\CMCPF\ChangeMessageClassPFSetup.exe. Click Install button in COM+ object frame. Make sure the Rules frame contains
   " IPM.Note | convert to | IPM.Post "
   string in the list.
6. In Per-Public Folder registration frame select PFCMCTEST1 folder (see step #1) and mark it. Click CHANGE button. The list will be refreshed. Make sure that PFCMCTEST1 is still checked.
7. Make sure that PFCMCTEST2 public folder is unchecked in the list.
8. Click the Exit button.

Testing

We assume you have rule that looks like

Original Message Class	Action	Target Message Class
IPM.Note	convert to	IPM.Post

1. Using Outlook, navigate to PFCMCTEST1 public folder. Create a custom view that shows Message Class column. To do that open View menu. In Outlook XP/2003 select Arrange By > Current View > Customize Current View... In Outlook 2007 select Current View > Customize Current View... Then click Fields... button. Select "All message fields" from the list on bottom left corner of the form. Select "Message Class" field in the Available fields: list and press Add button. Click OK button to close Show Fields window. Click OK button to close View Summary window.
Navigate to PFCMCTEST2 public folder and create the same custom niew there.

2. Send a message to CMCTEST. Make sure the message you just sent is placed in PFCMCTEST1 folder and its Message Class is set to IPM.Post


3. Send a message to PFCMCTEST2. Make sure the message you just sent is placed in PFCMCTEST2 folder and its Message Class is set to IPM.Note.

We have tested ChangeMessageClassPF with Outlook 2003/2007 and Exchange 2007 Server SP1 on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 edition SP2.

Uninstallation

1. Start C:\Program Files\CMCPF\ChangeMessageClassPFSetup.exe
2. Uncheck all items in the list in Per-Public Folder registration frame and click Change button.
3. Click Uninstall button in COM+ object frame.
4. Press Exit button.

About this demo version.

ChangeMessageClassPF 2007 demo version works only for public folders whose names include "TEST". Examples:
      CMClassPF1TEST
      Test2
Other public folders are unavailable. The full product version has no limitations.

F.A.Q.

Q. I am about to purchase this product but I wondering regarding updates/patches. What are the policies regarding updates? Do you provide them freely or as a purchase?
A. As a registered user, you will get free updates for one year from the date of purchase.
Once the new version is ready, this information will be e-mailed to all registered users. We will send updates via e-mail to those who request them.

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Prices

Licensing policy: the product is licensed on a per-Exchange server basis.

Number of licenses	Individual price
1-2	EUR 150.00 USD 211.75		ORDER
3-4	EUR 120.00 USD 169.40
From 5	EUR 105.00 USD 148.22
Site license	EUR 3500.00 USD 4940.83		ORDER
Enterprise license (including the source code)	EUR 15000.00 USD 21175.00		ORDER
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Site license covers a single organization in one location (building complex). If you purchase a site license, you may use the program in an unlimited number of your company's computers within this area.
Enterprise license covers all computers of single organization world-wide. If your company has many branches even with thousands of machines, Enterprise license covers them all.

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