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Office XP's OWA Compatibility with Excha

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Hi,

I would just like to ask if MS Office XP's OWA (Outlook Web Access) is compatible with MS Exchange 5.5. Would I be able to logon to my mail account on the Exchange 5.5 through the web if I'm currently using Office XP?

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by ann777

Yes, you should be able to use Outlook XP with Exchange 5.5.

However, one thing to be aware of is that if your Outlook XP is set to use other parts of Office XP, you may experience other problems. For instance... if you have Tools --> Options --> Mail Format --> and either one of the "Use MS Word to edit.." is checked, then other users of the document may have some problems reading it if they are using Office(s) older than Office XP.

However, you should not have any problems accessing OWA. This is done through your browser, not through Office.

by timwalsh

Despite the name, Outlook Web Access has nothing to do with the version of Outlook installed. The two are completely seperate. With OWA, you are actually accessing a web page on the email servervia a browser (usually Internet Explorer), and aren'tusing Outlook as installed on the local computer at all.

If you are asking whether you can use Outlook 2002 (part of Office XP) to access an Exchange 5.5 server, the answer is also yes.

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