Exchange at home

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I have Outlook 2003 at home and at work. I was using my home version for
my home e-mail, but would like to switch it to access my Exchange account
from home (keeping the messages on the Exchange Server).

It's not obvious to me how to copy my work settings to home, maybe because
at work I'm behind the firewall. I do use the web to access Exchange from
home, but would rather use Outlook.
 
To clarify - you have Outlook at home and want to set it up to connect to
your Exchange Server at work.

Before you can connect the Exchange Server you would first need to get
connected to your network. This can be done with tools such as VPN - which
is a virtual connection from your home or other location to you companies
network. Once this is done you can set configure your Outlook to resolve to
the server and have all mail delivered by default to the server.

If you goal is just to be able to read email while at home - your company
most likely has Outlook Web Access -which enables you to check your email via
the interent.

Thank you,

Francine Otterson
President, San Diego Outlook User Group
 
I have Outlook 2003 at home and at work. I was using my home
version for my home e-mail, but would like to switch it to access my
Exchange account from home (keeping the messages on the Exchange
Server).

It's not obvious to me how to copy my work settings to home, maybe
because at work I'm behind the firewall. I do use the web to access
Exchange from home, but would rather use Outlook.
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You'll need to speak to your Exchange and network administrators. They can
tell you how (or even if) they allow it. For example, I have three methods:
one is Outlook Web Access (which you use as well), another is a VPN
attachment though a Nortel communications device using a client called
Contivity, which attaches my computer to our company's network (and cuts it
off from the general Internet for the duration of the connection) allowing
me to run Outlook on my home PC and connect to the Exchange server, and the
third is through a Juniper Networks secure VPN device that allows me to
access the company's network through my browser while still allowing the PC
to be connected to the Internet in general, but will allow me to open
specific applications like telnet, Outlook Web Access, or Remote Desktop
Connection back to my desktop at work. The advantage of the second method
is that my PC at home operates just like my PC at work and I can run any
client application from home and have it operate just like I'm at work
(because, essentially, I am). The advantage of the third method is that I
don't need any special connectivity client on my home PC and can still
access the Internet while accessing my company's network.
 
And there is a 4th method which is to connect Outlook 2003 to Exchange 2003
using https over RPC.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Brian Tillman asked:

|
|| I have Outlook 2003 at home and at work. I was using my home
|| version for my home e-mail, but would like to switch it to access my
|| Exchange account from home (keeping the messages on the Exchange
|| Server).
||
|| It's not obvious to me how to copy my work settings to home, maybe
|| because at work I'm behind the firewall. I do use the web to access
|| Exchange from home, but would rather use Outlook.
|
| You'll need to speak to your Exchange and network administrators.
| They can tell you how (or even if) they allow it. For example, I
| have three methods: one is Outlook Web Access (which you use as
| well), another is a VPN attachment though a Nortel communications
| device using a client called Contivity, which attaches my computer to
| our company's network (and cuts it off from the general Internet for
| the duration of the connection) allowing me to run Outlook on my home
| PC and connect to the Exchange server, and the third is through a
| Juniper Networks secure VPN device that allows me to access the
| company's network through my browser while still allowing the PC to
| be connected to the Internet in general, but will allow me to open
| specific applications like telnet, Outlook Web Access, or Remote
| Desktop Connection back to my desktop at work. The advantage of the
| second method is that my PC at home operates just like my PC at work
| and I can run any client application from home and have it operate
| just like I'm at work (because, essentially, I am). The advantage of
| the third method is that I don't need any special connectivity client
| on my home PC and can still access the Internet while accessing my
| company's network.
 
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