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Outlook 2000 in a Nutshell
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Outlook 2000 in a Nutshell

by Tom Syroid, Bo Leuf
May 2000
Beginner
664 pages
18h 28m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Configuring IMO Outlook

Running an IMO installation for the first time invokes the Internet Connection Wizard, which helps you configure an email account. If you upgrade a previous Outlook installation or another email client, then Outlook already has the details it needs and will bypass this wizard. Manually creating an account is outlined in Section 2.2.1.

Warning

If you are already using server-based message storage, read this warning before continuing unless you want to delete all the messages saved on your server. The Internet Connection Wizard automatically disables the “Leave a copy of messages on server” option for newly created accounts and does not give you access to this option when it is run. To work around this dilemma, configure an account and leave the logon password blank to ensure Outlook cannot connect to this server without your consent. Then choose Tools → Options → Accounts, select the Advanced tab, and mark the “Leave a copy ...” option.

The Internet Connection Wizard requires the following information:

Your Name

This is how your name displays on the “From” line when it arrives in a recipient’s mailbox. Anything goes here (full name, nickname, initials), but we suggest that you enter something that will uniquely identify you as the sender of a message.

Internet E-mail Address

Enter the email address assigned to you by your ISP or system administrator, typically of the form yourname@provider.com .

E-mail Server Names

Choose the protocol Outlook will use when checking ...

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