I want to add a mail account without setting a SMTP server. Is it possible?

[mortb]

I want to add a second mail account that is outside my company.
Since the company firewall does not allow us to connect to SMTP-servers I
want
to add this account without setting the SMTP propertiy.
I cannot specify the company server as it is an Exchange server and the
outside one an IMAP one.
Currently I have specified the outside SMTP server since outook does not
allow me to add an account wihtout setting this.
I keep getting annoying error messages as my computer can't connect to the
outside SMTP.

Any one know a way around this?

cheers,
mortb

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP DTS]]

The company server has SMTP enabled, unless it doesn't do Internet mail at
all. There is a good chance you could specify it as your SMTP service on
the IMAP account and send successfully, check with the Exchange admin.

Hal
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[Brian Tillman]

I want to add a second mail account that is outside my company.
Since the company firewall does not allow us to connect to
SMTP-servers I want
to add this account without setting the SMTP propertiy.
I cannot specify the company server as it is an Exchange server and
the outside one an IMAP one.
Currently I have specified the outside SMTP server since outook does
not allow me to add an account wihtout setting this.
I keep getting annoying error messages as my computer can't connect
to the outside SMTP.

Any one know a way around this?

Yea. Set it up exactly as you've done, but disable sending on that account.
You don't say which Outlook version you have, but for Outlook 2002, 2003,
this is in Tools>Send/Receive>Send/Receive Settings>Define Send/Receive
Groups.

 

[mortb]

Thanks for the replies!

I'm using outlook 2002.
I've tried to set up a send/recieve group that does no sending for this
outside account,
but I still the send recieve dialog tells me that it can't send mail for
this account.
(I can't figure why outlook is trying to connect to this server as I have no
letters in the outbox that should be sent using that server.
Does it connect anyway??)

Setting this up is a mess, it could be made a lot easier.

cheers,
mortb

 

[Brian Tillman]

I'm using outlook 2002.
I've tried to set up a send/recieve group that does no sending for
this outside account,
but I still the send recieve dialog tells me that it can't send mail
for this account.

By default, all accounts your create are added to the "All Accounts"
send/receive group. While you may have created a new send/receive group for
that account, it may have been placed in the All Accounts group as well.
Click Tools>Send/Receive>Define Send/Receive Groups, select the All Accounts
group and click Edit. If it appears there, uncheck the "Send mail items"
box.

 

[mortb]

I have removed the outside account from the "all"-group. I've put it a group
of its own and disabled sending but still is trying to send messages for
that acount.
Outlook is behaving strangely

/mortb

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have removed the outside account from the "all"-group. I've put it
a group of its own and disabled sending but still is trying to send
messages for that acount.
Outlook is behaving strangely

Try creating a new mail profile.