I have always used my own laptop at work, and my Outlook (2003) was set up to
connect to the network at the office and to receive my work mail. I have
recently quit my job and want to start using Outlook at home for my private
mail, but I can't access it to change to my new email account. When I try to
open outlook it gives me a message "Cannot connect to your outlook exchange
server" and if I choose "work offline" it will subsequently tell me "unable
to open your default email folders - the information store could not be
opened". How can I change its configuration so it will stop looking for my
office network and so I can start using it at home? Thanks!

Use the mail applet in the control pane to congfigure Outlook
You would probably be best to delete the Profile, creat a new one, add a
data file and your accounts using info provided by your ISP

"Manuka" wrote in message
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I have always used my own laptop at work, and my Outlook (2003) was set up
to
connect to the network at the office and to receive my work mail. I have
recently quit my job and want to start using Outlook at home for my
private
mail, but I can't access it to change to my new email account. When I try
to
open outlook it gives me a message "Cannot connect to your outlook
exchange
server" and if I choose "work offline" it will subsequently tell me
"unable
to open your default email folders - the information store could not be
opened". How can I change its configuration so it will stop looking for my
office network and so I can start using it at home? Thanks!

Thank you! I knew there must be a way to bypass this but I couldn't figure it
out. Another question: If I delete a profile from Outlook, would it delete
the mail previously received on that account?

"DL" wrote:

Use the mail applet in the control pane to congfigure Outlook
You would probably be best to delete the Profile, creat a new one, add a
data file and your accounts using info provided by your ISP

"Manuka" wrote in message
...
I have always used my own laptop at work, and my Outlook (2003) was set up
to
connect to the network at the office and to receive my work mail. I have
recently quit my job and want to start using Outlook at home for my
private
mail, but I can't access it to change to my new email account. When I try
to
open outlook it gives me a message "Cannot connect to your outlook
exchange
server" and if I choose "work offline" it will subsequently tell me
"unable
to open your default email folders - the information store could not be
opened". How can I change its configuration so it will stop looking for my
office network and so I can start using it at home? Thanks!

No it wont, but if you used exchange with an outlook.ost data file as
apposed to outlook.pst data file the ost requires exchange
You could elect to keep the Profile, then add a new Profile & set that as
the default Profile

"Manuka" wrote in message
...
Thank you! I knew there must be a way to bypass this but I couldn't figure
it
out. Another question: If I delete a profile from Outlook, would it delete
the mail previously received on that account?

"DL" wrote:

Use the mail applet in the control pane to congfigure Outlook
You would probably be best to delete the Profile, creat a new one, add a
data file and your accounts using info provided by your ISP

"Manuka" wrote in message
...
I have always used my own laptop at work, and my Outlook (2003) was set
up
to
connect to the network at the office and to receive my work mail. I
have
recently quit my job and want to start using Outlook at home for my
private
mail, but I can't access it to change to my new email account. When I
try
to
open outlook it gives me a message "Cannot connect to your outlook
exchange
server" and if I choose "work offline" it will subsequently tell me
"unable
to open your default email folders - the information store could not be
opened". How can I change its configuration so it will stop looking for
my
office network and so I can start using it at home? Thanks!