OL98: (CW) Configuring the Internet Mail Information Service

ID: Q179751


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NOTE: These procedures only apply if you have installed Outlook with the Corporate Workgroup/Other option. This option allows you to use Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI) services. To determine your installation type, on the Help Menu click About Microsoft Outlook. In About Microsoft Outlook you should see "Corporate" if you have the Corporate Workgroup installation.

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Outlook 98, the Internet Mail Information Service stores information that allows you to login to your Internet Mail Server and by which means to initiate the login process. Outlook provides this service during a typical setup scenario. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides most of the information that populates the configuration pages of the Internet Mail Information Service.


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To Configure the Internet Mail Service

You must properly configure the Internet Mail information service to send and receive mail with Outlook. To configure this information service, follow these steps:

  1. Start Outlook, and on the Tools menu, click Services.


  2. On the Services tab, click Internet E-mail information service, and click Properties. If Internet E-mail is not listed, click Add, click Internet E-mail, and click OK.


  3. Type in the required properties, using the following guidelines.


General Tab

The General tab contains information needed to connect to your mail server. Your ISP will supply most of this information to you. Type the following information in the appropriate boxes:

Servers Tab

Incoming Mail Server

Connection Tab

The Connection tab contains information on how to connect to your mail server. There are three ways to connect to your ISP's mail server.

Choose the appropriate connection type listed in this section.

Transferring Internet Mail

There are four ways to get your internet e-mail.

Pressing F5 on the keyboard checks your connection type and then uploads the mail from your Outbox and downloads your mail from the server. If you are connected through a LAN connection mail will flow with no other dialog boxes. If you connect to your ISP with a modem, the Dial Up Networking connection will start and establish the connection. Mail will then upload from your Outbox and download from the mail server.

You can choose to send mail only. On the Tools menu, click Send. This option will not download any mail from the server.

Selecting Send And Receive on the Tools menu in the case of multiple e-mail accounts, gives you the option to select the mail account you wish to use.

Clicking the Send and Receive button on the Standard Toolbar is the same as pressing F5 on the keyboard.

With Remote Mail, you can scan the headers, and then mark the messages you want to receive, copy, or delete. While using Remote Mail, you can compose messages and send them to your Outbox at any time and send and receive messages when you connect to your Mailbox. This feature allows you to keep your mail on the server.

Internet E-mail Tab

On the Internet E-mail tab you can select the mail format and scheduling options. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Internet E-mail Tab.

If you are working offline and use a modem to connect to your ISP, click to select "Automatically dial when checking for new messages." Setting this option will have your computer dial your ISP.

You must edit the registry to turn on Internet E-mail logging. For information on how to do this see the following article in the Microsoft knowledge base:
Article: Q170321
Title : OL97: How to Turn On Logging After Installing the IMEP

If Dialup Networking Is Not Installed

To use a modem connection, you must install and configure Dialup Networking included with Windows 95. Your ISP will supply the following information:

Your ISP may also supply you with an IP address and an IP subnet mask. You need these optional items only if your provider gives you a dedicated IP address to use every time you dial in.

For more detailed information on configuring Dialup Networking in Windows 95, please refer to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Article- ID: Q138789
Title : How to Connect to the Internet in Windows 95

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Keywords          : CfgIM 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto 

Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999