I'd agree. If you're connecting to an MS Mail Post Office, you're not
connecting via TCP/IP - it uses one of those "other" protocols, like
NetBEUI or IPX (I forget which.)
Anyway, unless you're configured to pass the "other" protocol, it's not
going to work.
>Sounds like an Outlook problem not a diald problem. I suggest getting a
>real mail client.
>
>Keith
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>On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Does anybody have a positive experience using Microsoft Outlook 97 (not
>> Outlook Express) as the mail client connecting to a Microsoft Mail
>> Postoffice?
>> It works for me but not in a consistent way.
>> Many times when I already have the connection up, I run Outlook 97 and after
>> a few seconds I get a dialog box asking me to select 1 out of 3 options: (a)
>> connection via LAN, (b) connection via dial-up, (c) work offline.
>> My experience taught me that when this dialog box pops-up it's because
>> Outlook attempted to connect to the Postoffice but failed.
>> When I am connecting via modem (on my PC) I rarely get this message box, but
>> when I am connecting via the LAN (diald being my "router") I get this
>> message very frequently.
>> The problem with getting the message box is that Outlook was not able to
>> find the Postoffice, so I am unable to either send or receive e-mails.
>> Any ideas?
>> By the way, diald is version 0.16 (that's what it says in the man page).
>> Thanks in advance.
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