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Lori
I have a new PC running XP Media Center 2005 and Office Standard 2003 trial.
My PC has a built in LAN card. I use 56k dial-up modem to access POP3 on
local ISP. Although I tried getting some info on Outlook 2003 from ISP they
are no help--most use Outlook Express and are not familiar with Outlook.
I want the PC to automatically dial and check for mail when off line every 2
hours. I would like to have outlook check mail when I am online about every
10-15 minutes.
Office originally setup Outlook as if it was connected to mail server by LAN
so I changed to modem. My Internet Explorer dialing settings are set to
never dial so I manually double click on desktop icon for ISP and connect to
Internet before opening Outlook and hitting the send/receive button.
I haven't changed the Internet Explorer dialing options yet to auto-dial
since I was afraid that I would have a conflict like on old PC where
sometimes I would have 2 dialing screens come up--one from network
connections and one the normal dial-up prompt.
Which setting should I change to accomplish what I would like to do? If I
leave setup to LAN and set to auto retrieve mail, I end up with error
messages stating that the server cannot be found if I am not connected to
Internet. If I switch to connect with modem in Outlook and change Internet
Explorer dial up settings from never dial (which it is now) to always dial I
am afraid of the conflict mentioned above, and also having the PC constantly
dialing the Internet if I load MSN Messenger 7.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. I know that my best option would be
to sign up for broadband, but I cannot get this in my area!
My PC has a built in LAN card. I use 56k dial-up modem to access POP3 on
local ISP. Although I tried getting some info on Outlook 2003 from ISP they
are no help--most use Outlook Express and are not familiar with Outlook.
I want the PC to automatically dial and check for mail when off line every 2
hours. I would like to have outlook check mail when I am online about every
10-15 minutes.
Office originally setup Outlook as if it was connected to mail server by LAN
so I changed to modem. My Internet Explorer dialing settings are set to
never dial so I manually double click on desktop icon for ISP and connect to
Internet before opening Outlook and hitting the send/receive button.
I haven't changed the Internet Explorer dialing options yet to auto-dial
since I was afraid that I would have a conflict like on old PC where
sometimes I would have 2 dialing screens come up--one from network
connections and one the normal dial-up prompt.
Which setting should I change to accomplish what I would like to do? If I
leave setup to LAN and set to auto retrieve mail, I end up with error
messages stating that the server cannot be found if I am not connected to
Internet. If I switch to connect with modem in Outlook and change Internet
Explorer dial up settings from never dial (which it is now) to always dial I
am afraid of the conflict mentioned above, and also having the PC constantly
dialing the Internet if I load MSN Messenger 7.
Any info would be greatly appreciated. I know that my best option would be
to sign up for broadband, but I cannot get this in my area!