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RPC over HTTP Configuration
The following steps will help
you setup an Outlook 2003 profile that uses https to
connect with your mailbox at Exchange Hosting Service.
The purpose of this configuration is to enable a
full-featured Outlook 2003 connection to an Exchange
server over the Internet, using an Internet service
which blocks the ports Outlook normally uses, such as 135.
Preparation
You need:
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Windows XP with Service
Pack 1 or higher |
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Q331320 hotfix for Windows XP |
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Outlook 2003 |
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Email us if you need
Outlook 2003. Current customers can download it from
us at no charge. Download instructions will be
provided upon request.
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Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com to find out if you need service pack 1 for Windows XP.
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Download the Windows hotfix here:
http://www.microsoft.com
or:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=331320
After installing the hotfix, please restart your computer.
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You will need to use the
normal hosts file, not the vpn hosts file, to
facilitate your RPC over HTTP connection. You could
also use the DNS configuration and not use a hosts file at all. See
Connectivity and
Hosts File Instructions.
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Setup
Use the following steps to add a new RPC
over HTTP profile to your computer.
- Click Start, point to Settings, and
then click Control Panel.
- Double-click either the Mail or the
Mail and Fax icon. The following dialog will
appear.
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- Click the Show Profiles button. The
following dialog will appear. If you have more than
one profile, they will show up in a list here. Please
preserve your existing settings, by adding a new
profile, instead of modifying an existing
profile.
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- Click the Add button to bring up the
wizard. Name the profile. On the first page of the
wizard, select Add a new e-mail account.
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Here is the second page of
the wizard. Choose Microsoft Exchange
Server.
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- This page is the heart of the matter.
See illustration below. Enter the Exchange server name
and your username. Your username (or a demo account
username) will be provided to you by email.
The Microsoft Exchange Server name to
type is TURBO.JUNCTIONBOX.NET
Type the short version of your
username, usually the first part of your email
address, prior to the @ symbol.
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- Do not click the Check Name button.
Click the More Settings button.
If you are behind a firewall, your
window will hang for a minute or so, while Outlook
tries to connect to the server. It will return an
error message to the effect that it could not connect
to the server, as in the illustration. This is
expected. Click OK.
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- After clicking OK to the error
message, the following dialog will appear.
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- Click Cancel. The following dialog
will appear. If it does not, click the More Settings button.
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- Go to the Connection tab page. It
should look like the illustration below.
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- Place a check next to Connect to my
Exchange mailbox using HTTP. If you don't see that
option, you need to install the hotfix Q331320,
available at the top of this page.
Click the Exchange Proxy Settings
button. The following dialog will appear.
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- In the box labeled "Use this URL to
connect to my proxy server for Exchange," type the
following:
coupe.junctionbox.net
- Place a check next to On fast
networks, connect using HTTP first. Both options, On
fast networks... and On slow networks... should be checked.
- Under Proxy authentication settings,
click the drop down list and choose Basic Authentication.
- Click OK on the Exchange proxy
settings dialog, and OK again at the Microsoft
Exchange Server dialog. That should bring you back to
the Email accounts window, as shown below.
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- Make sure the option to Use Cached
Exchange Mode is selected.
- Click the check name button. You
should get a login dialog similar to the illustration
below.
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- You will need to log in as shown:
username: username
Type the short
version of your username, which does not include
@yourdomain.com.
Your username should now
resolve to your mailbox name, and become underlined.
If the username you typed is less than complete, you
might get a list of choices.
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- Click Next to see the congratulations
window and click Finish to exit the
wizard.
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- After you close the wizard by
clicking Finish, you should find yourself back at this
dialog box. If not, get back here by launching the
Control Panel Mail or Mail and Fax icon.
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- Note the drop down list at the bottom
of this dialog, just below where it says Always use
this profile. Choose the new profile in the drop down
list, so next time Outlook starts, it will start with the new profile.
- Click the Close button and you're
ready to start Outlook with your new
profile.
- Remember to use the username
syntax when logging in.
You can have Outlook prompt you for the
profile you want to use when it starts. See the
illustration immediately above. Choose "Prompt for a
profile to be used" if you want to choose a profile each
time Outlook starts.
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If you have trouble with these
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