I recently purchased Microsoft Enterprise 2007. I am trying to familiarize
myself with Outlook 2007 as I am fairly adept with Outllook 2003. But I have
a question that will sound rather boneheaded for somebody who is supposedly
computer savvy, especially with Outlook, Excel, Word...

In my previous experience with ANY Microsoft applications, the portal was
provided by an employer's Administrator, so I already had an Outlook e-mail
address provided for me.

In this case, I am the Administrator. How do I create my Outlook e-mail
address?
Or did I already do this in the heady rush to get my new toy activated and
simply forgot?

Richard Champlin
Inventory Specialist
Seattle Children's Hospital

To obtain an email address you need a mail provider. There are generally
three types of mail providers:
- free, web-based accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail)
- an account provided by your ISP
- an account provided by your employer's mail admin

You cannot have a mail address by Outlook alone, it needs a mail server
that can be found on the Internet, and that handles your incoming &
outgoing mail messages.

Richard Champlin wrote:
> I recently purchased Microsoft Enterprise 2007. I am trying to familiarize
> myself with Outlook 2007 as I am fairly adept with Outllook 2003. But I have
> a question that will sound rather boneheaded for somebody who is supposedly
> computer savvy, especially with Outlook, Excel, Word...
>
> In my previous experience with ANY Microsoft applications, the portal was
> provided by an employer's Administrator, so I already had an Outlook e-mail
> address provided for me.
>
> In this case, I am the Administrator. How do I create my Outlook e-mail
> address?
> Or did I already do this in the heady rush to get my new toy activated and
> simply forgot?
>
> Richard Champlin
> Inventory Specialist
> Seattle Children's Hospital

Okay, I have a Yahoo address...it even shows as the account in Outlook under
Account Settings. But for some reason, every time I send it returns an error
saying "Service Unavailable" and the messages stay indefinitely in the Outbox.
--
Richard Champlin



"Richard Champlin" wrote:

> I recently purchased Microsoft Enterprise 2007. I am trying to familiarize
> myself with Outlook 2007 as I am fairly adept with Outllook 2003. But I have
> a question that will sound rather boneheaded for somebody who is supposedly
> computer savvy, especially with Outlook, Excel, Word...
>
> In my previous experience with ANY Microsoft applications, the portal was
> provided by an employer's Administrator, so I already had an Outlook e-mail
> address provided for me.
>
> In this case, I am the Administrator. How do I create my Outlook e-mail
> address?
> Or did I already do this in the heady rush to get my new toy activated and
> simply forgot?
>
> Richard Champlin
> Inventory Specialist
> Seattle Children's Hospital

Yahoo is currently experiencing problems on a large scale.

Also, do you have a paid account (Mail Plus)?

Richard Champlin wrote:
> Okay, I have a Yahoo address...it even shows as the account in Outlook under
> Account Settings. But for some reason, every time I send it returns an error
> saying "Service Unavailable" and the messages stay indefinitely in the Outbox.

"Richard Champlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:8756246A-9184-4BCE-B980-(E-Mail Removed)...

> Okay, I have a Yahoo address...it even shows as the account in Outlook under
> Account Settings. But for some reason, every time I send it returns an
> error
> saying "Service Unavailable" and the messages stay indefinitely in the
> Outbox.

Yahoo's free accounts won't work with Outlook. Yahoo doesn't allow it.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

No,
I do not have Mail Plus. I have a free account that I opened in 2003.
Could that be the problem, or part of it?
--
Richard Champlin



"Pat Willener" wrote:

> Yahoo is currently experiencing problems on a large scale.
>
> Also, do you have a paid account (Mail Plus)?
>
> Richard Champlin wrote:
> > Okay, I have a Yahoo address...it even shows as the account in Outlook under
> > Account Settings. But for some reason, every time I send it returns an error
> > saying "Service Unavailable" and the messages stay indefinitely in the Outbox.
>

Well that explains it. Those dirty greedy rats.
--
Richard Champlin



"Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> "Richard Champlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message news:8756246A-9184-4BCE-B980-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> > Okay, I have a Yahoo address...it even shows as the account in Outlook under
> > Account Settings. But for some reason, every time I send it returns an
> > error
> > saying "Service Unavailable" and the messages stay indefinitely in the
> > Outbox.
>
> Yahoo's free accounts won't work with Outlook. Yahoo doesn't allow it.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>
>

"Richard Champlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:69093F30-2EDB-4E79-98A3-(E-Mail Removed)...

> I do not have Mail Plus. I have a free account that I opened in 2003.
> Could that be the problem, or part of it?

The yahoo.com domain doesn't allow POP access without a paid account This
product could help:
http://ypopsemail.com/
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]