Outlook 12 : Let�s Start Again: Account Configuration: "Part 1: Exchange Accounts. For customers who use Microsoft Exchange �12,� Outlook will automatically detect your account information from the Active Directory and an Exchange 12 web service during account setup. This information tells Outlook your Exchange server name, your email address, any configuration options your admin has set for you, including RPC over HTTP settings, etc. Outlook can also detect basic account information from older versions of Exchange, as long as the customer�s computer is in the same domain as the Exchange server.
This makes Exchange configuration really simple for most customers. No more server names. No more arcane settings.
Part 2: POP & IMAP Accounts. While the account configuration details are often confusing for regular users, they�re pretty predictable for experts. For example, if your email address (given to you by your ISP) is john_doe@isp.com, then there�s a good chance that your POP3 server is something like mail.isp.com and your SMTP server is probably something like smtp.isp.com.
With Outlook 12, the customer needs to just type in his or her name, email address, and password. Outlook then tries several predictable combinations of server addresses, SPA, and server ports (995, 993, and 587 for secure connections, 110, 143, and 25 for unsecure connections) until it finds a configuration that works. It tries the combinations in a prioritized order, so for most ISPs the correct combination is often detected very quickly."
posted by Jordan @ 3/02/2006 10:18:00 AM
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