How to set the SMTP server in OL2000

[Su]

How to set the Outlook 2000 to send email by a specific SMTP server? (I have
Exchange Server in the profile.)

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

How to set the Outlook 2000 to send email by a specific SMTP server?
(I have Exchange Server in the profile.)

If you have OL2000, you can't use Internet Mail and Exchange in the same
profile - it isn't supported.

Either use a different profile for your Internet mail, or use OE for same,
or upgrade to OL2003 which can handle both types of accounts in one
profile - or if this is mail on your company domain, talk to the Exchange
admin about having the Exchange server handle all mail.

If you don't have an Internet mail account in your profile, all your mail is
handled by your Exchange server and you can't change how it's handled on the
server side from Outlook. What kinds of problems are you having with it, and
have you talked to your Exchange admin?

 

[Su]

I didn't talked about it with the Exchange Admin. The problem is, I have to
use VPN when out of office and the VPN is very slow. So I want to send out
emails by a SMTP server rather than the Exchange Server. That's why I want
the Delivery Server selectable.

It seems OL2000 doesn't support this function and I need to upgrade to
OL2003, am I right?


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I didn't talked about it with the Exchange Admin. The problem is, I
have to use VPN when out of office and the VPN is very slow. So I
want to send out emails by a SMTP server rather than the Exchange
Server. That's why I want the Delivery Server selectable.

It seems OL2000 doesn't support this function and I need to upgrade to
OL2003, am I right?

If you're connecting to only the Exchange server in this mail profile &
Exchange in your office is handling all your mail, then no version of
Outlook will do what you're asking.

That said, you still haven't said what you have in this mail profile and how
your mail is configured. If you do have Internet mail & Exchange in the same
profile, OL2002/2003 will work better, but this configuration is still not
recommended.

You should indeed talk to your admin/IT staff about your VPN problems and
explore other options. Perhaps you could use Outlook Web Access when out of
the office, or IMAP (less functionality in that, though)

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

If you have OL2000, you can't use Internet Mail and Exchange in the
same profile - it isn't supported.

Either use a different profile for your Internet mail, or use OE for
same, or upgrade to OL2003 which can handle both types of accounts
in one profile - or if this is mail on your company domain, talk to
the Exchange admin about having the Exchange server handle all mail.

If you don't have an Internet mail account in your profile, all your
mail is
handled by your Exchange server and you can't change how it's
handled on the
server side from Outlook. What kinds of problems are you having with
it, and
have you talked to your Exchange admin?