Re: Creating Profiles...?

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 12/14/04


Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:24:06 -0500

Hans Castorp wrote:
> I think the problem is I can't authenticate to the various servers.
> Here is my problem in greater detail.
>
> My work email/domain are managed through a company called RCN. They
> host my mail and will host my future website. I am in shared office
> space and my landlord leases T-1 lines. At work I use a dial up with
> my Thinkpad. My mail then dumps into that computer. At home, I USED
> to use a dial up with my home (Gateway) PC or my Work (IBM) laptop to
> again dial into RCN to get/send my work email.
>
> I recently installed SBC DSL at home and had to change the Outgoing
> Mail Server SMTP Tab in the Tools/Options/Email Accounts to reflect
> the SBC server name on my Gateway PC, it formerly had a RCN
> designation. My home system seems to be running okay. However, I
> don't think I can do the same at work using a T-1 as it is provided
> by Sprint. I was hoping to use the T-1 to access my work email, but
> it won't work. I was told as an initiative to cut down on SPAM, many
> organization(SBC, Sprint, Verizon) are NOT permitting the
> authentication that I need to access my mail.
>
> I though two profiles might solve my problem or part of it. I
> thought I could use one profile to access my work emails at home and
> work using my ThinkPad and another profile profile to only use at
> work. I was hoping to toggle between the two and having my mail dump
> into the same PC regard less of locale.
>
> If I am missing something, please explain.
>
> Thanks for your effort thus far.

You can use two profiles, or you can see if http://www.ashemimry.com/ helps,
or, as I suggested, just find out if any one of the various SMTP servers you
use can be used with authentication from any network you connect to. Most
I've worked with allow this.
>
> Alan
>
>
>
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:eJz9RyU4EHA.1300@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> Alan Freemond wrote:
>>> I use Win XP w/ OL 2002 and I have a question pertaining to
>>> configuring more than one porfile.
>>>
>>> This is what I want to do... I want to have the ability to go to
>>> work, plug in to the T-1, get my mail using one provider, then take
>>> my laptop home, and plug into our DSL via another provider. Can I
>>> have two profiles that dump/send mail from the same outlook?
>>>
>>> Alan
>>
>> Why not use the same profile all the time? If you can authenticate
>> to your SMTP server in one profile and use it anywhere, you don't
>> need to change anything ever.



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