Pop3 Option Disabled in Add New Email Account Diag Box

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Mike

Installed Outlook 2003 on WinXP Pro SP 2 and noticed that the only
email server option available for the creation of new email accounts is
"Exchange Server." I am unable to add a Pop account because the option
is grayed out / disabled.

Why is this and what can I do to reenable this option?

Thanks!
 
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Office11/Outloook/DisablePOP3 is set to 1. It needs
to be
set to 0. This was a decision that the admins who installed it
probably made, but in my case I need the POP access.

Thought I would share.
 
If you don't have admin privileges on your computer to be editing the
registry, you need to speak with your help desk, IT department, mail admin,
or whomever is responsible for enforcing company policies. They may want
all your e-mails to go through their mail server to regulate to whom you can
connect, incorporate spam filtering, enforce anti-virus filtering, and
record all messages and provide backups of them. You will need to get their
permission to use POP3/SMTP servers, especially if the company doesn't
provide them and you need to go external which opens an uncontrolled avenue
for viruses to enter their network and why they don't allow that type of
access. If you want to do private or personal e-mails from work, use a
webmail account, like Yahoo Mail or Hotmail, provided your company hasn't
block access to webmail sites.
 
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