How to Configure Outlook Express for Each User

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This topic explains how to configure Outlook Express for the purposes of setting up a PKI/Exchange test environment.

The computer account and domain names used in this procedure are based on the test environment described in Implementing an Exchange 2003-Based Message Security System in a Test Environment.

Before You Begin

Because the differences between configuring Outlook Express for POP3 and IMAP4 are minimal, the following instructions detail how to configure Outlook Express to use IMAP4. If you want to use POP3, substitute POP3 for all IMAP4 references in the following instructions.

At the console, log on to CONT-WK01 as a member of the Domain Users group.

Procedure

To configure Outlook Express for each user

  1. Click Start, point to All Programs, and click Outlook Express.

  2. When prompted to set Outlook Express as your default e-mail client, click No.

  3. On the Your name page, enter the name of the current user in the Display name box, and then click Next.

  4. On the Internet E-Mail Address page, enter the full Internet e-mail address for the user, for example yan@corp.contoso.com, and then click Next.

  5. On the E-mail Server Names page, make the following selection, and then click Next:

    • In the My incoming mail server is a list, select IMAP.

    • In the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP, or HTTP) server box, type the full name of the Exchange server, cont-ex01.corp.contoso.com.

    • In the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server box, type cont-ex01.corp.contoso.com, the full name of the Exchange server.

  6. On the Internet Mail Logon page, in the Account name box enter the user name, clear the Remember password check box, and then click Next.

  7. On the final page, click Finish.

  8. When prompted to download folders, click Yes.