IT Employment

Ask something
Discussion Locked

Outlook 97/Exch 5.5 Authenticate User

0 helpful
3 replies

by tobyheaford

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

Hi All,

Is there a utility available to automatically authenticate an Outlook 97 user by the currently authenticated NT user? ie if user JOEB is logged in to the domain, Outlook logs in to mailbox Joe Bloggs (attached to NT user JOEB).

thanks.

3 replies

by helper

I am assuming you are refering to 2 different users on the same pc. If you setup the pc to use profiles and have the user login to the pc then set the email options they will corespond with the logon name.
i.e if joeb is logged on it will go to joebloggs email. not the last user to access the email system

by mimbari

You need a later version of outlook to make that happen 97 is not compatible with Xp

by scottg

Came across your post when I was looking for a related SMTP issue. Since this is old, issue has prob been resolved. But if not...
Each mailbox is associated with an NT Account. Under default settings only that user can get into that mailbox. Sowhen Joe starts up Outlook (after properly logging into the NT domain)and tries to connect to his mailbox, Exchange looks to see if Joe is the owner (meaning the Exchange thinks that Joe's NT Account is linked to that mailbox).

You can pretty much change everything tho. You can change the User Account associated with Joe's mailbox, you can allow several folks to get into Joe's mail or what-have-you. Luck,
-S

This discussion is closed to new replies.