How to Configure Outlook Express for Unattended Dial-Up

• Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Outlook Express version 4.0 for Windows NT 4.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to configure Outlook Express to use an unattended Dial-Up Networking connection to check for new messages on a mail or news server.

MORE INFORMATION

To configure Outlook Express to use an unattended dial-up connection, use the following steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Accounts.

2. On the Mail or News tab, click the e-mail or news account you want to use, and then click Properties.

3. On the Connection tab, click Connect Using My Phone Line, and then click the Dial-Up Networking connection you want to use.

   NOTE: If you have not set up a Dial-Up Networking connection to your mail server, click Add, and then follow the instructions on the screen.

4. Click OK, and then click Close.

5. On the Tools menu, click Options.

6. On the General tab, click the "Check for new messages every <n> minute(s)" check box to select it, and then set the number of minutes you want Outlook Express to wait before checking for new messages. The <n> value must be between 1 and 480 minutes (eight hours).

7. On the Dial Up tab, click Dial This Connection, and then click the Dial-Up Networking connection you specified in step 3.

8. Click the "Automatically dial when checking for new messages" check box to select it.

9. Click the "Hang up when finished sending, receiving, or downloading" check box to select it, and then click OK.

   ARTICLE-ID : Q171163
   TITLE      : How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet Mail

   ARTICLE-ID : Q171164
   TITLE      : How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News