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Q174062: Internet Mail Enhancement Patch Needed to Use Outlook 97 w/MSN

Article: Q174062
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): 2.5,2.51,2.52,2.6,5.0,5.1
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool kbtlc kbmsnkbfaq
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Network versions 2.5, 2.51, 2.52, 2.6, 5.0, 5.1 
- Microsoft Outlook 97 
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SUMMARY
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To use Microsoft Outlook 97 to send and receive e-mail using MSN, The Microsoft
Network, you must install the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch Final Release.

NOTE: You do not need this patch if you want to use Outlook Express with MSN 2.5.
You also do not need the patch if you want to use Outlook 97 with MSN version
2.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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To install the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch Final Release, follow these
steps:

1. Visit the following Microsoft Web site:
  http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/outlimep.aspx

2. Follow the instructions to download the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch Final
  Release.

3. When you are prompted to Open or Save To Disk, click Open.

4. Finish installing the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch Final Release,
  disconnect from the Internet, and then restart your computer.

Configuring Outlook 97 After Installing the Internet Mail Enhancement
Patch Final Release
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To configure Outlook 97 after installing the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch
Final Release with an MSN Post Office Protocol (POP3) mail server, use the
following steps:

1. Start Outlook 97; on the Tools menu, click Services.

2. Click Add, click the Internet E-mail information service, and then click OK.

3. Under Mail Account, type a name for the server (for example, MSN POP3 Mail
  Server).

4. Under User Information, type the appropriate information about the account
  you are using in the Name, Organization, E-mail Address, and Reply Address
  boxes. Note that entries in the Organization and Reply Address boxes are
  optional.

5. On the Servers tab, type smtp.email.msn.com in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) box.

  NOTE: If you gain access to MSN through a third-party ISP or local area
  network (LAN)--this includes DSL, Cable mode, or Satellite--type
  secure.smtp.email.msn.com in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) box.

6. In the Incoming Mail (POP3) box, type pop3.email.msn.com.

7. Click Log on using Secure Password Authentication.

8. On the Connection tab, click the appropriate connection type. If you connect
  to the Internet using a local area network, click I Use A LAN Connection. If
  you connect to the Internet using MSN or a third-party Internet service
  provider (ISP), click I Connect Manually.

9. Click the Advanced tab, and then type 25 in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) box.

10. In the Incoming Mail (POP3) box, type 110.

11. Click OK, and then restart Outlook 97.

12. On the Tools menu, click Services, and then on the Delivery tab, click the
  Internet E-mail information service you want to use as your primary mail
  service.

13. Click the Up Arrow until the Internet E-mail information service is at the
  top of the list.

14. Click OK. Note that the new configuration affects only messages composed
  after the change is made.

  NOTE: If the Internet E-mail information service is configured in a profile
  with the Exchange Server information service, the profile sends incoming
  mail to the Exchange Server information service. To use the Internet E-mail
  information service, create a separate profile with the Internet E-mail
  information service.

If you selected I Connect Manually in step 9 above, use the following steps to
verify your Internet connection settings:

1. Quit Outlook 97, and then right-click the Internet icon on the desktop, click
  Properties, and then click the Connection tab.

2. If you connect to the Internet using MSN or a third-party ISP, click Connect
  to the Internet as needed. Verify that the Dial-Up Networking connection for
  your ISP is selected in the Use the following Dial-Up Networking connection
  box. If MSN is your Internet service provider, the Dial-Up Networking
  connection should be MSN.

3. Click OK.

For information about how to verify the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch is
installed, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q177083<A0> How to Verify the Internet Mail Enhancement Patch Is Installed

Additional query words: msnet msnetwork microsoft-net m.s.n. outexw95 kbimu

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Keywords          : kbtool kbtlc kbmsn kbfaq
Technology        : kbOutlookSearch kbMSNSearch kbOutlook97Search kbZNotKeyword3 kbMSN510 kbMSN500 kbMSN252 kbMSN251 kbMSN260 kbMSN250
Version           : :2.5,2.51,2.52,2.6,5.0,5.1
Issue type        : kbinfo

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