Can I log into another computer on a network and check my mail on MIcrosoft Outlook 2003?

Question

I thought I would be able to check my mail in the office on another computer on the network (microsoft server) by using my own log in and password, but my email did not come up - It should shouldnt it?????

Answer 1

No. Outlook needs to be set up manually per user unless your network has roaming profiles enabled, which it obviously does not. You'll need the settings from your systems administrator.



Some mail systems have Outlook Web Access (if they're running Exchange Server) turned on. Check with your sys admin about that. If it's turned on and you have access to it, you can access your Outlook mail (and pretty much everything else) from a web browser.

Answer 2

I have been having the same problem for the last 2 days as well. if you run this question through Google, you will see MANY people are having the same challenge, so ti must be something going on @ Yahoo. I am a Premium User and use the Plus settings. I have rechecked my settings, re-entered the password, all to no avail. I tried the default settings of 110/25 and while it logged into the POP3 server just fine, I was unable to successfully Send email when using the Test Account Settings function. (Normal, my firewall is blocking outbound 25) After 2-3 minutes of waiting for it to process, I stopped it and clicked the SSL button, which changed it to 995/465. This time it failed in under 30 seconds. I then changed the SMTP port to 587 and it worked. For now. I will keep you posted.

Answer 3

you can open it using a different computer but you need to re set up the servers for outgoing and incoming. also the passwords and usernames. you can check it with you system admin/ I.T. dept or your email provider.

Answer 4

Yeah, your settings for email should follow you round. You shold not even have to enter a password, Should just be there.

Maybe Contact your I.T department if its not

Answer 5

Yes it should but have you put the right data in? You would normally have to configure a new account with your pop and smtp settings, something like mail.yourprovider.com