How to configure Outlook to use an MSN POP3 account

In this section i am going to expalin and given Outlook Troubleshooting tips for How to configure Outlook 2007. For configuring Outlook 2007 with MSN POP3 use the following Steps:


1. In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Run. Copy and paste (or type) the following command in the Open box, and then press ENTER:
control panel
Control Panel appears.

In Windows Vista, click StartStart button, and then copy and paste (or type) the following command in the Search box:
control panel
Control Panel appears.
2. If you see the Pick a category view, click User Accounts.

If you do not see the Pick a category view, go to step 3.
3. Double-click Mail.
4. Click E-mail Accounts. The Account Settings window appears.
5. On the E-mail tab, on the left side of the Account Settings window, click New.
6. Click Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and then click Next.
7. Click to select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types check box, and then click Next.
8. Click Internet E-mail, and then click Next.
9. On the Add New E-mail Account screen, type the following setting information:
a. In the Your Name box, type your name as you want it to appear to recipients.
b. In the E-mail Address box, type your e-mail address. For example, type yourusername@msn.com.
c. In Account Type, select POP3.
d. In the Incoming Mail Server box, type pop3.email.msn.com.
e. In the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) box, type smtp.email.msn.com.
f. In the User Name box, type your MSN account name.
g. In the Password box, type your MSN password.
h. Select the Remember Password check box, if you want to save it.
i. Select the Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) check box.
10. On the right side of the Add New E-Mail Account screen, click Test Account Settings. If you receive no errors, your e-mail account is set up correctly.

If you receive an error, make sure that you have entered all the information correctly, and then click Test Account Settings again. If all the information is correct and you continue to receive errors, go to the "Next steps" section for additional help.
11. Click Next, and then click Finish.
When you have completed these steps, try to send an e-mail message to yourself to make sure that Outlook is set up correctly. When the e-mail arrives, try to reply to it.

In Outlook, you can use the Import and Export Wizard as the interface for Address Book conversion. To convert a Windows Address Book file, follow thes

Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express are two different programs with different capabilities, although both can send and receive messages from the Internet. There are two ways to share contact information between these two programs.

If, during Outlook Setup, you choose to upgrade a program that uses the Windows Address Book, Setup will do a silent conversion of the address entries to the Contact format used by Outlook.

If you choose not to convert during Setup, you can convert at a later time by using the "Import and Export Wizard." Outlook provides a tool to assist you in converting Windows Address Book information.

In Outlook, you can use the Import and Export Wizard as the interface for Address Book conversion. To convert a Windows Address Book file, follow these steps:
1. Start Outlook.
2. On the File menu, click Import and Export.
3. Click Import Internet Mail and Addresses, and then click Next.
4. Click Outlook Express 4.x, 5 on the list.

Note In Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, the option is Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x. In Outlook 2007, the option is Outlook Express 4.x, 5.x, 6.x or Windows Mail,

5. Select any combination of the Mail or Addresses from the items that are listed.

Note With the exception of rules conversion from Outlook Express, the steps to convert addresses are the same.
6. Click Next. If you are using Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007, go to step 8.
7. Select a destination for the imported address data.
8. Select the appropriate duplicate items option, and then click Finish.

Note This procedure does not import contacts that are contained in subfolders in the Windows Address Book.

How to reveal the Bcc box in Outlook

By default, the Bcc box does is not displayed in a new mail message. This design decision was made to reduce screen "clutter" by removing less frequently used options from immediate view.

To display the BCC Box follow the steps or Methods

Method 1: You use Outlook 2002 or Outlook 2003 and you use Word as Your E-mail Editor To display the Bcc box:

1. Open a new e-mail message.
2. Click the arrow next to Options to display the Options menu.
3. Click Bcc.

Method 2: You use Outlook 2002 or Outlook 2003 and you use Outlook as Your E-mail Editor To display the Bcc box:

1. Open a new e-mail message.
2. On the View menu, click Bcc Field. If the Bcc Field command is not displayed on the View menu, the Personalized Menus and Toolbars option is enabled. Double-click the View menu to display the full View menu.

Method 3: You use Outlook 2007

To display the Bcc box:
1. Open a new e-mail message, and then click Options.
2. On the Fields area, click Show Bcc.

POP3 Login Fails for Exchange Server 2007 Users With Long UPN

This problem occurs because Exchange Server 2007 has its “MaxCommandSize” setting for POP3 configured to use the value "40" by default. This limits the maximum size of a single command to 40 bytes. Some users with long UPN (like testuserwithverylongname@myemaildomainame.com) may fail to connect due to this limit.

Resolution

You can resolve this problem through following method:

Method 1: Increase the value of MaxCommandSize from Exchange Management Shell

1. Click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and click Exchange Management Shell.
2. Run the following cmdlet to verify the current value of MaxCommandSize:
Get-POPSettings
In the output, the value of MaxCommandSize is 40 by default.
3. Run the following cmdlet to increase the value of MaxCommandSize:
Set-POPSettings -MaxCommandSize 46
In this example, we increased it to 46. The possible values are from 40 to 1024 (bytes).
4. Restart the Microsoft Exchange POP3 service.


Method 2: Increase the value of MSExchPopImapCommandSize by using the Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) Edit snap-in.

To do this, follow these steps:

Note: ADSI Edit is included with the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Support Tools. To install the Windows Server 2003 Support Tools, double-click Suptools.msi in the Support\Tools folder on the Windows Server 2003 CD.

Warning: If you use the ADSI Edit snap-in, the LDP utility, or any other LDAP version 3 client, and you incorrectly modify the attributes of Active Directory objects, you can cause serious problems. These problems may require you to reinstall Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 or both Windows and Exchange. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems that occur if you incorrectly modify Active Directory object attributes can be solved. Modify these attributes at your own risk.

1.Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Windows Support Tools, and then click Command Prompt.
2.At the command prompt, type adsiedit.msc , and then press ENTER.
3.Connect to a domain controller if you are not already connected.
4.Expand Configuration Container [ computername.contoso.com ], expand CN=Configuration,DC= contoso ,DC=com, expand CN=Services, expand CN=Microsoft Exchange, expand CN=Administrative Groups, expand CN=Exchange Administrative Groups, expand CN=, expand CN=Services Protocols, expand CN=POP3, right-click CN=1, and then click Properties.
Note In this step, contoso.com is a placeholder for the domain name. The other words in italic are also placeholders.
5.In the CN=1 Properties dialog box, locate and then double-click the MSExchPopImapCommandSize attribute.
6.Change the value of MSExchPopImapCommandSize attribute to 46, and then click OK to close ADSI Edit.
Note In this example, we increased it to 46. The possible values are from 40 to 1024 (bytes).
7.Restart the Microsoft Exchange POP3 service.

I hope that this information provide Outlook Support for fix your this problem.


Source support.microsoft.com

How to configure Outlook to work with Windows Live Hotmail

Configuring a Windows Live Hotmail account in Outlook
All Windows Live Hotmail accounts can be used with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 or with Office Outlook 2003, whether you use a free or paid Windows Live Hotmail account. To use your Windows Live Hotmail account together with Outlook, you must first install the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector for Windows Live Hotmail.

The information that this article contained has been removed because it has been superseded. For information about how to configure a Windows Live Hotmail account in Outlook, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA102218231033.aspx

APPLIES TO
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003

Problem With Outlook Passwords On Vista

When Windows Vista was released on January 2007. everyone wanted to have that new operating system. It was suppose to be so good and better than anything else at that time. But, soon after the release, Windows Vista users have discovered that Vista isn’t everything that they have expected. Actually, it wasn’t even close to the great operating system that Microsoft was trying to convince everyone.

A problem that bothers most of the users is Vista’s incompatibility with software that was normally used and without any problems on Windows XP. That problem was found at the begging of Vista and a year after that problem is still here. If some things don’t change soon, Vista will not be popular in near future either.

Among dozens of problems you get when using Vista, one is just making more trouble than the others. That problem is related to Outlook Express 2002. If you can remember right now, before using your Outlook you have to set up your account by filling in your passwords, user ID, server name and e-mail addresses. And of course, you check the option which will save all of your passwords. That’s it. You can now use your Outlook. But, where is the problem you ask? Well, the problem starts the second time you open your Outlook. When you open it and try to send or receive your e-mails a small window pops-up with your user ID info, server name and with a blank field for passwords. If you go to your account settings you will see that all of yours previously written passwords are now gone. And that’s your problem. You have to write password every time you open Outlook Express.

You can find many complaints to this problem on the internet, and a very few good solutions. Maybe the best way to avoid such a problem is to stick with Windows XP and not using Vista, but that’s up to you. Of course, Microsoft is very aware of this problem and because of that it has put some solutions for fixing it on their official Help & Support page. Too bad that their solutions aren’t useful to all users, but there is always an alternative. Some users have written their own solutions on many community boards, but again they don’t work for everyone. I suggest you to try them all until you find what’s good for you.

Here is one solution for this problem:

Back up your registry and remove the user account information from the "Protected Storage System Provider" subkey. Then, reenter your password options.

To do this, follow the steps for the version of Windows that you are using.

Note the the steps listed in this section should not be used on a computer running Windows Vista.
Back up the registry key
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage SystemProvider
4. On the File menu, click Export.
5. In the Save in box, select a location where you want to save the .reg file.
6. Type a file name in the File name box, and then click Save.
7. On the File menu, click Exit.

Remove the user account information
Important Do not remove the main Protected Storage System Provider key. This key is not automatically regenerated. If you do not have password retention problems and you do not remember your password, deleting the user subkey may cause you not to be able to retrieve your mail.

Note If you use Windows XP, you must have administrator permissions to edit the system registry.
1. Exit all programs.
2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box , and then click OK
3. Locate and then click the following registry key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage System Provider
4. On the Edit menu, click Permissions.
5. Click the registry key for the user who is currently logged on. Then, make sure that the Read and Full Control permissions are both set to Allow.
6. Click Advanced. Then, verify that the user who is currently logged on is selected, that Full Control is listed in the Permissions column, and that This Key and Subkeys is listed in the Apply to column.
7. Click to select the Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects check box.
8. Click Apply, and then click Yes to continue.
9. Click Ok two times
10. Double-click the Protected Storage System Provider key to expand the key. Click the user subkey folder that is directly underneath the Protected Storage System Provider key, click Delete on the Edit menu, and then click Yes in the warning message dialog box.

The user subkey folder resembles the following example:

S-1-5-21-124525095-708259637-1543119021-16701

Note For every identity that you have, there may be a subkey under the Protected Storage System Provider key. To resolve this issue in all identities, you must delete all the user subkeys folders that are under the Protected Storage System Provider key.
11. On the Registry menu, click Exit. Then, restart the computer.

For Microsoft Windows 2000
How to back up the registry
1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. In the Open box, type regedt32, and then click OK.
3. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage SystemProvider
4. On the Registry menu, click Save Key.
5. In the Save in box, select a location where you want to save the .reg file.
6. Type a file name in the File name box, and then click Save.
7. On the Registry menu, click Exit.

How to remove the user account information in the registry

Important Do not remove the main Protected Storage System Provider key. This key is not automatically regenerated. If you do not have password retention problems and you do not remember your password, deleting the user subkey may cause you to be unable to retrieve your mail.

Note If you use Windows 2000, you must have administrator permissions to edit the system registry.
1. Exit all programs.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type regedt32, and then click OK.
4. Locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Protected Storage SystemProvider
5. On the Security menu, click Permissions
6. Click the registry key for the user who is currently logged on. Then, make sure that the Read and Full Control permissions are both set to Allow.
7. Click Advanced. Then, verify that the user who is currently logged on is selected, that Full Control is listed in the Permissions column, and that This Key and Subkeys is listed in the Apply to column.
8. Click to select the Reset permissions on all child objects and enable propagation of inheritable permissions check box.
9. Click Apply, and then click Yes when you are prompted to continue.
10. Click OK two times.
11. Double-click the Protected Storage System Provider key to expand the key. Click the user subkey folder that is directly underneath the Protected Storage System Provider key, click Delete on the Edit menu, and then click Yes in the warning message dialog box.

The user subkey folder resembles the following example:

S-1-5-21-124525095-708259637-1543119021-16701

Note For every identity that you have, there may be a subkey under the Protected Storage System Provider key. To resolve this issue in all identities, you must delete all the user subkeys folders that are under the Protected Storage System Provider key.
12. On the Registry menu, click Exit, and then restart the computer.

How to reenter your password in Outlook 2002 and in Outlook 2003

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

Note In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Mail icon or the Mail and Fax icon.
3. Click Show Profiles, click the account that you are troubleshooting, and then click Properties.
4. Click E-mail Accounts.
5. Confirm that the View or change existing e-mail accounts check box is selected, and then click Next.
6. In the E-mail Accounts dialog box, click the account that you are troubleshooting, and then click Change.
7. Under Logon Information, enter the password, and then click to select the Remember Password check box.
8. Click Next, and then click Finish.
9. Start Outlook.
10. Use the Send and Receive command to determine whether your password is retained.

How to reenter your password in Outlook 2000 Corporate or Workgroup (CW)

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

Note In Windows XP, click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click the Mail icon or the Mail and Fax icon.
3. Click to select Internet E-mail in the services list, and then click Properties.
4. On the Server tab, enter the password, and then click to select the Remember Password check box.
5. Click Apply, and then click OK.
6. Start Outlook.
7. On the Tools menu, click Send and Receive to determine whether your password is retained.

How to reenter your password in Outlook Express
1. Start Outlook Express.

Note If you receive a logon error, close the dialog box and continue.
2. Click Tools, and then click Accounts.
3. Click the Mail tab in the Internet Accounts window.
4. In the Account column, click to select the Internet e-mail account that you want to change, and then click Properties.
5. On the Server tab, type your password in the Password box, and then click to select the Remember password check box.
6. Click OK, and then click Close.
7. Exit and then restart Outlook Express.
8. On the Tools menu, click Send and Receive to determine whether your password is retained.

Note If other Windows 2000 users or Windows XP users have password-retention problems, reenter the password, and then click to select the Remember Password check box for those profiles. Each user may have to log on for his or her password to be retained.

Microsoft Office Outlook Connector

The Outlook Connector enables two-way synchronization of e-mail messages, calendar items, and contacts between Outlook and Windows Live Hotmail, inlcuding Windows Live Calendar Beta.

Note As of July 2008, calendar synchronization with Windows Live Calendar Beta is also included at no cost for all users. A paid Windows Live Hotmail subscription is no longer required. You must download the latest Outlook Connector to enable calendar synchronization.

If you do not have a Windows Live Hotmail account, you can either sign up for a new account or update your existing MSN Hotmail account to be a Windows Live Hotmail account.

To update from MSN Hotmail to Windows Live Hotmail, click the Join Windows Live Hotmail link when you log on to your account. All of your messages, folders, and contacts will automatically appear in your new account. Your e-mail address will not change.

To setup this feature Use Outlook Support