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Old March 26th 07, 11:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
seven_percent
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Default Connecting to Outlook Web Access with Outlook 2003 remotely

On Mar 15, 1:28 am, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
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.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, seven_percent asked:

| On Mar 14, 8:11 am, "Brian Tillman" wrote:|| seven_percent wrote:

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

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