Accessing mail at work from home (via VPN) with Outlook 2003

[Bruce J. Weiers]

I have set up a VPN to access my mail (Exchange server) from my home
computer (WinXP Pro).

With Outlook 2000, there is an Outlook dialog for name, password and
domain, and it all works famously.

With Outlook 2003, there is a dialog for name, password, but nada for
domain, and a Windows dialog box comes up, when I try to connect, asking
for name and password. The Windows dialog box fills in name with
//machinename/username, and apparently treats machinename as if it is
the domain. Of course, this doesn't work.

Is there anywhere in Outlook 2003, to put the domain?

I am very puzzled.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have set up a VPN to access my mail (Exchange server) from my home
computer (WinXP Pro).

With Outlook 2000, there is an Outlook dialog for name, password and
domain, and it all works famously.

With Outlook 2003, there is a dialog for name, password, but nada for
domain, and a Windows dialog box comes up, when I try to connect,
asking for name and password. The Windows dialog box fills in name
with //machinename/username, and apparently treats machinename as if
it is the domain. Of course, this doesn't work.

Is there anywhere in Outlook 2003, to put the domain?

The version of Outlook & Exchange have nothing to do with this - in Windows
XP, unlike in prior versions of Windows OSes, shows you only a two-field
login box. Enter your login name as DOMAINNAME\username.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

The version of Outlook & Exchange have nothing to do with this - in
Windows XP, unlike in prior versions of Windows OSes, shows you only
a two-field login box. Enter your login name as DOMAINNAME\username.

Actually, I'm sorry, I misread....I thought you were talking about Outlook
Web Access.
My advice still applies, tho. ;-)

 

[Bruce J. Weiers]

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

I think you must have misunderstood what I wrote. I intended to be
specific, when I described when I was confronted with an Outlook dialog
and when I was confronted with a Windows dialog. When I use Outlook
2000, the Outlook dialog allows me to enter a domain, and I never see a
Windows dialog.

Actually, I'm sorry, I misread....I thought you were talking about Outlook
Web Access.
My advice still applies, tho. ;-)

I tried what you suggested, but Windows doesn't like it, and it neither
works nor sticks -- Windows replaces whatever I put in, with
machinename\username. I even went so far as to make the machinename the
same as the desired domainname, and it didn't like that either.

I gave up, and will go on using Outlook 2000.