Hi there, Im despiratly trying to find out how to find out how to do the
following. I have over 200 users in a school and they all have accounts with
the ISP (POP3 and web) but the webmail is awful and as part of the
curriculum, it would offer the children a greater learning experience if we
could use outlook. Im trying to automatically set up the childrens outlook
accounts with our ISP specific to their username on Login. I have no idea how
to do this however and would be greatful for any help recieved. I use a
mixture of kix and group policy currently.

Chris

Microsoft uses text files with a .prf extension and a highly structured format to provide information to OUtlook that enables Outlook to create or modify a mail profile. You can create such .prf files with the Custom Installation Wizard or Custom Maintenance Wizard tools in the Office Resource Kit, using the %username% environment variable to build the user name for the POP3 account. For more details, including a variety of ..prf deployment methods, read the excellent white paper "Configuring Outlook Profiles by Using a PRF File" at http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...60 I&respos=3

The page at http://www.slipstick.com/exs/olroam.htm includes information on other profile tools and resources.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Homer" wrote in message ...
Hi there, Im despiratly trying to find out how to find out how to do the
following. I have over 200 users in a school and they all have accounts with
the ISP (POP3 and web) but the webmail is awful and as part of the
curriculum, it would offer the children a greater learning experience if we
could use outlook. Im trying to automatically set up the childrens outlook
accounts with our ISP specific to their username on Login. I have no idea how
to do this however and would be greatful for any help recieved. I use a
mixture of kix and group policy currently.

Chris