How can I pull one over on Outlook?
January 11, 2008 11:35 AM Subscribe
How can I trick Outlook into thinking an e-mail has just arrived in my inbox when, in fact, I'm really off-line?
I'm giving a presentation Monday. Part of the presentation is me showing off how the software I'm demoing has the ability to send an e-mail. Every other time I've given the presentation, I've had internet access, and probably the coolest part of the presentation is when I say, "and violla, there's the Outlook e-mail notification, let's open the e-mail and see what the software is telling me to do".
Problem: On Monday I won't have e-mail (well, I will, but it will cost $1000 bucks for the hotel to provide it for my conference room). My company is willing to pay it, but I want to see if there is a way to fake it.
So my question is: while offline, can I fake Outlook (2007) into thinking an e-mail just arrived into my Inbox? Probably the most important thing is for the e-mail notification to show up right above my system tray (like this).
Any ideas?
I'm giving a presentation Monday. Part of the presentation is me showing off how the software I'm demoing has the ability to send an e-mail. Every other time I've given the presentation, I've had internet access, and probably the coolest part of the presentation is when I say, "and violla, there's the Outlook e-mail notification, let's open the e-mail and see what the software is telling me to do".
Problem: On Monday I won't have e-mail (well, I will, but it will cost $1000 bucks for the hotel to provide it for my conference room). My company is willing to pay it, but I want to see if there is a way to fake it.
So my question is: while offline, can I fake Outlook (2007) into thinking an e-mail just arrived into my Inbox? Probably the most important thing is for the e-mail notification to show up right above my system tray (like this).
Any ideas?
Yeah, get a mobile broadband card from a cell phone provider.
To directly answer your question, you could code this in VB if you have someone willing to work over the weekend who understands how to code for Outlook.
posted by Pants! at 11:56 AM on January 11, 2008
To directly answer your question, you could code this in VB if you have someone willing to work over the weekend who understands how to code for Outlook.
posted by Pants! at 11:56 AM on January 11, 2008
Can you just take and use an Exchange server? That way you'd be live in the classroom but without internet access.
posted by geekyguy at 12:09 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by geekyguy at 12:09 PM on January 11, 2008
There are a number of screen recording tools, some of them even free. If you're just showing people how it works...
posted by bryanjbusch at 12:13 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by bryanjbusch at 12:13 PM on January 11, 2008
Best answer: a shareware pop server on windows, with outlook accessing it via pop?
posted by thilmony at 12:35 PM on January 11, 2008
posted by thilmony at 12:35 PM on January 11, 2008
Best answer: Here's how I do it:
Install a small mail server locally (hamster is easy to use for this and supports IMAP).
Create a user accound on the mail server
Optionnal: create an entry in your hosts file that maps mail.whatever.com to 127.0.0.1
Configure a new account in Outlook (I tend to use Outlook Express or Thunderbird for demos, for fear of messing my Outlook profile, but either one works)
Set up your software to send e-mail to the mail.whatever.com address
... et voilà !
posted by motdiem2 at 1:00 PM on January 11, 2008
... et voilà !
posted by motdiem2 at 1:00 PM on January 11, 2008
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posted by Iteki at 11:38 AM on January 11, 2008