Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003

Working with Remote Mail

In addition to Cached Exchange mode and traditional offline/online access to Exchange, you can also configure Outlook for Remote Mail. Remote Mail is a specialized type of offline access that enables you to connect to a server, download the headers for new messages, and then disconnect from the server. You can then review the message headers at your leisure and decide which ones you want to download, which should be deleted immediately, and which should remain not downloaded on the server until you return to the office. You can then reconnect to the server and download the messages you've marked for retrieval, delete the messages you've marked for deletion, and leave the remaining messages. Remote Mail depends on you ...