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I've been having a wierd SMTP problem with my Outlook
Express. My e-mail has been working perfectly for years,
but now, all of a sudden, I can't send e-mail for some
reason using my service provider (TELUS.NET). I can,
however, recieve e-mail just fine. Moreover, my web site
based e-mail works just fine, both sending and recieving e-
mail through Outlook Express.

Regardless, the technical support at my service provider
thinks that the problem must be with Outlook Express (even
though my web site based e-mail works perfectly through
it).

Their last piece of advice was to uninstall and reinstall
Outlook Express (which sucks, because I want to keep my e-
mail history).

So I went to uninstall Outlook Express through my Office
XP setup executable, only to discover that Outlook is not
even installed.

So my question is ... are Outlook and Outlook Express the
same program or not?

If anybody can offer an insight into the other issues I
described, that would be great too. Thanks.

Kolja
 
This is a group to support Outlook from the Office group of programs.
Outlook Express is a part of Internet Explorer and is a quite different
program, despite its similar name..

A good website for information on OE is:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/

OUTLOOK EXPRESS, included as part of Microsoft Internet
Explorer, offers standard Internet e-mail and news access,
required by many home and small-business users.

MICROSOFT OUTLOOK, provides comprehensive integrated e-mail,
including information management and collaboration capabilities,
required by a wide spectrum of users from home to small
business to large enterprise. Outlook has the Calendar and Tasks.

You will probably get a faster and more expert answer if you post this to an
Outlook Express news group.

Try posting in one of these newsgroups:
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie5.outlookexpress for OE 5.x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie55.outlookexpress for OE 5.5x
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlookexpress for OE 6.x
microsoft.public.internet.outlookexpress.mac for OE for Macintosh

If those groups aren't carried on the news server that's carrying this group
try using msnews.microsoft.com (MS's public news server that's the source
for all the microsoft.public newsgroups).

--
Nikki Peterson [MVP - Outlook]

I've been having a wierd SMTP problem with my Outlook
Express. My e-mail has been working perfectly for years,
but now, all of a sudden, I can't send e-mail for some
reason using my service provider (TELUS.NET). I can,
however, recieve e-mail just fine. Moreover, my web site
based e-mail works just fine, both sending and recieving e-
mail through Outlook Express.

Regardless, the technical support at my service provider
thinks that the problem must be with Outlook Express (even
though my web site based e-mail works perfectly through
it).

Their last piece of advice was to uninstall and reinstall
Outlook Express (which sucks, because I want to keep my e-
mail history).

So I went to uninstall Outlook Express through my Office
XP setup executable, only to discover that Outlook is not
even installed.

So my question is ... are Outlook and Outlook Express the
same program or not?

If anybody can offer an insight into the other issues I
described, that would be great too. Thanks.

Kolja
 
outlook and express are two different programs. does telus.net require
authentication before accepting outgoing mail?
 
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