Connecting to Outlook Web Access with Outlook 2003 remotely

[seven_percent]

I am a consultant for a client who uses Outlook mail. They will not
allow us to have VPN access so that we can directly access their
Exchange server. However, they have granted access to their Outlook
Webmail server. I would like to know how I can configure my Outlook
2003 to access mail using the Outlook Web Access.

E.g. There is an option when you set up new accounts in Control Panel

Mail for HTTP. I have entered the URL for the webmail server, my

login, password, etc. but it doesn't work.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am a consultant for a client who uses Outlook mail. They will not
allow us to have VPN access so that we can directly access their
Exchange server. However, they have granted access to their Outlook
Webmail server. I would like to know how I can configure my Outlook
2003 to access mail using the Outlook Web Access.

No. Outlook and Outlook Web Access are both clients that access an Exchange
mailbox. You can't access a client with anther client.

 

[seven_percent]

No. Outlook and Outlook Web Access are both clients that access an Exchange
mailbox. You can't access a client with anther client.

Then why have http access? You aren't directly accessing the Yahoo!
Server when you configure Outlook this way. You are accessing another
client via a client.

 

[F.H. Muffman]

Then why have http access? You aren't directly accessing the Yahoo!
Server when you configure Outlook this way. You are accessing another
client via a client.

Hotmail's not-in-the-browser access is configured as HTTP Mail. And, as far
as I know, the only way to access Yahoo's mail through Outlook is via POP3
so, actually, yes you are access Yahoo's mail server directly. Heck, to be
honest, when you're connecting to Hotmail over the HTTP Mail functionality,
you're access the server directly as well, it's just a different protocol,
where both sending and receiving functions are within a single protocol
(http) rather than in different protocols (imap/pop and SMTP).

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No, you are accessing Exchange server, not Outlook. OWA is a web view of your Exchange mailbox and has nothing to do with Outlook.

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After furious head scratching, seven_percent asked:

||| I am a consultant for a client who uses Outlook mail. They will not
||| allow us to have VPN access so that we can directly access their
||| Exchange server. However, they have granted access to their Outlook
||| Webmail server. I would like to know how I can configure my Outlook
||| 2003 to access mail using the Outlook Web Access.
||
|| No. Outlook and Outlook Web Access are both clients that access an
|| Exchange mailbox. You can't access a client with anther client.
|| --
|| Brian Tillman
|
| Then why have http access? You aren't directly accessing the Yahoo!
| Server when you configure Outlook this way. You are accessing another
| client via a client.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Then why have http access? You aren't directly accessing the Yahoo!
Server when you configure Outlook this way. You are accessing another
client via a client.

That's not correct. When you access Yahoo (or any other POP service),
you're accessing a server.

 

[seven_percent]

No, you are accessing Exchange server, not Outlook. OWA is a web view of your Exchange mailbox and has nothing to do with Outlook.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.

After furious head scratching, seven_percent asked:


||| I am a consultant for a client who uses Outlook mail. They will not
||| allow us to have VPN access so that we can directly access their
||| Exchange server. However, they have granted access to their Outlook
||| Webmail server. I would like to know how I can configure my Outlook
||| 2003 to access mail using the Outlook Web Access.
||
|| No. Outlook and Outlook Web Access are both clients that access an
|| Exchange mailbox. You can't access a client with anther client.
|| --
|| Brian Tillman
|
| Then why have http access? You aren't directly accessing the Yahoo!
| Server when you configure Outlook this way. You are accessing another
| client via a client.

Hey Milly, you may want to tone it down a bit with your ad hominem
comments like "After furious head scratching". I don't really care if
you slap "[MVP - Outlook]" on the end of your name. It's more
important to be courteous than right.

 

[seven_percent]

That's not correct. When you access Yahoo (or any other POP service),
you're accessing a server.

Brian- I am not talking about the POP configuration. Go back up and
look at the previous posts. There is another option when configuring
Outlook mail for HTTP. I have since learned that even though it says
"other web based mail" it only really works with MS related mail; i.e.
Hotmail, MSN, etc.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

It doesn't work with OWA unless it's accessible via HTTP, which is highly unlikely. OWA normally requires HTTPS access.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

No, I rather like my signature the way it is. And most people either laugh or ignore it. If it bothers you, don't read posts with my name in the From column.

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unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, seven_percent asked:

| On Mar 15, 1:28 am, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|| No, you are accessing Exchange server, not Outlook. OWA is a web
|| view of your Exchange mailbox and has nothing to do with Outlook.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
||
|| After furious head scratching, seven_percent asked:
||
||| On Mar 14, 8:11 am, "Brian Tillman" <[email protected]>
||
||||| I am a consultant for a client who uses Outlook mail. They will
||||| not allow us to have VPN access so that we can directly access
||||| their Exchange server. However, they have granted access to
||||| their Outlook Webmail server. I would like to know how I can
||||| configure my Outlook 2003 to access mail using the Outlook Web
||||| Access.
||||
|||| No. Outlook and Outlook Web Access are both clients that access an
|||| Exchange mailbox. You can't access a client with anther client.
|||| --
|||| Brian Tillman
|||
||| Then why have http access? You aren't directly accessing the Yahoo!
||| Server when you configure Outlook this way. You are accessing
||| another
||| client via a client.
|
| Hey Milly, you may want to tone it down a bit with your ad hominem
| comments like "After furious head scratching". I don't really care if
| you slap "[MVP - Outlook]" on the end of your name. It's more
| important to be courteous than right.