Is there a way to auto configure the My Inbox Web Part for users?

I am looking for a way to have it so when users log on for the first time it
automatically puts in the mail server and the user name and such. Has any
one successfully done this? I would assuming you can do this through the Web
Part with some modification, but I am new to this and have no idea. Just for
information, I am using SharePoint Server 2003.

Steve
Sun Jan 15 15:30:01 CST 2006

There is no out of the box Administrative way to do this but a dev person
may have some additional code that may do this ?

Steve Smith

UK Sharepoint Training
http://www.combined-knowledge.com


"Jimmy" <Jimmy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am looking for a way to have it so when users log on for the first time
>it
> automatically puts in the mail server and the user name and such. Has any
> one successfully done this? I would assuming you can do this through the
> Web
> Part with some modification, but I am new to this and have no idea. Just
> for
> information, I am using SharePoint Server 2003.

Shane
Sun Jan 15 16:09:27 CST 2006

See if this dev guy article helps you.
http://blog.spsclerics.com/archive/2005/11/04/22659.aspx


--
Shane Young - SPS MVP
SharePoint911 - http://www.SharePoint911.com
Blog - http://msmvps.com/shane/



"Steve Smith" <steve@combined-knowledge.com> wrote in message
news:OQEKYrhGGHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> There is no out of the box Administrative way to do this but a dev person
> may have some additional code that may do this ?
>
> Steve Smith
>
> UK Sharepoint Training
> http://www.combined-knowledge.com
>
>
> "Jimmy" <Jimmy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1CEE48B4-854C-4D60-A136-0BA1BBC91D67@microsoft.com...
>>I am looking for a way to have it so when users log on for the first time
>>it
>> automatically puts in the mail server and the user name and such. Has
>> any
>> one successfully done this? I would assuming you can do this through the
>> Web
>> Part with some modification, but I am new to this and have no idea. Just
>> for
>> information, I am using SharePoint Server 2003.
>
>

Jimmy
Sun Jan 15 16:26:04 CST 2006

I saw this one, but I can't figure out where I should put this code.... I'm
figuring I need to use Visual Studio

"Shane Young [SPS MVP]" wrote:

> See if this dev guy article helps you.
> http://blog.spsclerics.com/archive/2005/11/04/22659.aspx
>
>
> --
> Shane Young - SPS MVP
> SharePoint911 - http://www.SharePoint911.com
> Blog - http://msmvps.com/shane/
>
>
>
> "Steve Smith" <steve@combined-knowledge.com> wrote in message
> news:OQEKYrhGGHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > There is no out of the box Administrative way to do this but a dev person
> > may have some additional code that may do this ?
> >
> > Steve Smith
> >
> > UK Sharepoint Training
> > http://www.combined-knowledge.com
> >
> >
> > "Jimmy" <Jimmy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:1CEE48B4-854C-4D60-A136-0BA1BBC91D67@microsoft.com...
> >>I am looking for a way to have it so when users log on for the first time
> >>it
> >> automatically puts in the mail server and the user name and such. Has
> >> any
> >> one successfully done this? I would assuming you can do this through the
> >> Web
> >> Part with some modification, but I am new to this and have no idea. Just
> >> for
> >> information, I am using SharePoint Server 2003.
> >
> >
>
>
>

NikanderandMargrietBruggeman
Mon Jan 16 06:36:05 CST 2006

Hi Jimmy,

Stramit (http://blog.spsclerics.com/archive/2005/11/04/22659.aspx) is
talking about the creating of a new webpartso you definitely will need Visual
Studio .NET and the web part templates.

Kind regards,
Nikander & Margriet Bruggeman
Visit our newsblog at http://www.lcbridge.nl/news

"Jimmy" wrote:

> I saw this one, but I can't figure out where I should put this code.... I'm
> figuring I need to use Visual Studio
>
> "Shane Young [SPS MVP]" wrote:
>
> > See if this dev guy article helps you.
> > http://blog.spsclerics.com/archive/2005/11/04/22659.aspx
> >
> >
> > --
> > Shane Young - SPS MVP
> > SharePoint911 - http://www.SharePoint911.com
> > Blog - http://msmvps.com/shane/
> >
> >
> >
> > "Steve Smith" <steve@combined-knowledge.com> wrote in message
> > news:OQEKYrhGGHA.2680@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > > There is no out of the box Administrative way to do this but a dev person
> > > may have some additional code that may do this ?
> > >
> > > Steve Smith
> > >
> > > UK Sharepoint Training
> > > http://www.combined-knowledge.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "Jimmy" <Jimmy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:1CEE48B4-854C-4D60-A136-0BA1BBC91D67@microsoft.com...
> > >>I am looking for a way to have it so when users log on for the first time
> > >>it
> > >> automatically puts in the mail server and the user name and such. Has
> > >> any
> > >> one successfully done this? I would assuming you can do this through the
> > >> Web
> > >> Part with some modification, but I am new to this and have no idea. Just
> > >> for
> > >> information, I am using SharePoint Server 2003.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >

AlexS
Mon Jan 16 08:35:44 CST 2006

Jimmy wrote:
> I am looking for a way to have it so when users log on for the first time it
> automatically puts in the mail server and the user name and such. Has any
> one successfully done this? I would assuming you can do this through the Web
> Part with some modification, but I am new to this and have no idea. Just for
> information, I am using SharePoint Server 2003.


Jimmy,
You can use OWA Web parts as a base class for your custom Web parts
and then set properties(mailserver and user account )in the constuctor.

public class TaskPart :
Microsoft.SharePoint.Portal.WebControls.OWATasksPart
{
private const string c_defaultMailbox = "";
private const string c_defaultMailserver = "";

public TaskPart():base(){
//if Server not set, set up default
if(base.OWAServerAddressRoot == c_defaultMailserver)
{
base.OWAServerAddressRoot =
ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["MailServer"];
}
//check if page is in edit mode
if (HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString.Count > 0)
{
//and that mode is not shared
if
(HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString["PageView"]=="Personal")
{
//only then set up mail account
base.MailboxName=
HttpContext.Current.User.Identity.Name.Substring(3);
}
//otherwise leave account empty
}
}
}

I hope this helps.
Alex

Jimmy
Tue Jan 17 09:22:06 CST 2006

I thank everyone for the help. I have never done this and I guees I will be
trying to figure out where the code should go and all that. Wish me luck.