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i have 4 users. 3 (2 w/outlook 2000 and 1 w/outlook 98) were setup with Exchange e-mail accounts. 1(outlook 98) was setup with an Internet E-mail account. The 3 can participate in Public folders, calendars, etc...but the 1 user cannot (she does not have access to the "Public" Folder.. When I try and add another account as an Exchange account, it only lets me add another Internet account. How can I have the one user access the Public folder? Also, can I have a remote user participate with the Public folders, calendars is he is not a member of my domain?

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by curlergirl

In order to have access to MS Exchange public folders, the user must be set up with a valid NT user logon ID and password (not to mention client license) and a valid Exchange mailbox. There is no way for a user who is set up with Internet email only, or who is not a member of your domain, to access Exchange mailboxes or public folders directly. In order to add Exchange access to your 1 local user, you need to rerun the Outlook 98 setup and select "Corporate or Workgroup" instead of "Internet only" during the setup. Hope this helps!

by mckaytech

I can't answer the first part for sure, but if you're going to Tools-Services-Add and you don't have an option to add an Exchange service, the computer is not recogizing that there is an Exchange server on the network and you might have a network issue (to troubleshoot, make sure you can see the Exchange server from the workstation, try pinging, etc).

As far as the remote user, if they are a member of another domain, you could create a trust between the domains or alternately, you could justcreate an account for them on the Exchange domain and then link that account to their Exchange account.

regards!

paul

by iphicles

Unfortunately, he's just a single user at a remote location. I'm considering a VPN for him. Thanks.

by Former member

The first part of your question has been pretty effectively answered already, and the respondents are right. As to connecting a remote user, the easiest way is to set him up so he can establish a VPN connection and thus log onto your domain throughany other internet connection. He would then have access to everything as if he were a local user.

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