Outlook Express 5.5

Difficult to answer if this is the only email account available
Open Outlook Express,select Tools->Accounts,click on Mail Tab and then Properties and review each tab to make sure that the Servers and Connection tab are setup specifically to preferences
Does any of the other computers on the LAN use a different email,that user can specify or change the settings?

Do you have 2 or more e-mail accounts?
1 for the LAN, and 1 for your dial-up ISP?

If so, the problem is that when you are dialed into your ISP you can only send mail on that account from Outlook Express. I have this same issue between 2 different ISPs. I can only send mail with the account that I have dialed into. This is because your ISP does not have their e-mail server on the web, but directly connected at the ISP.

When you use the LAN, I suspect that you are automatically reset tothe LAN as your default e-mail server.

One work-around, would be to set up a second profile in Outlook Express for when you are using the dial up connection.

Another would be to use 2 different e-mail programs one for on the LAN, and one for your ISP.

There is only one email account on this notebook. It's a company email which can be connected via LAN & dial up. So far, 2 email users with OL 5.5 have this problem. Those using OL 4 & 5 don't have such problem.

Look at this article titled, "How to change the default dial-up connection for Internet Explorer and Outlook Express".

It nicely illustrates and explains the configuration issues you face.

http://www.freeserve.com/help/email/freeserveemailsettings/changedefaultaddress.htm

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Confirm and update your new settings:

The Internet Properties panel will open and a list of your dial-up connections can be seen in the box labelled 'Dial-up and Virtual Private Network settings' (the exact words will depend on which version of Outlook Express Windows you are using).

Make sure that the dial-up connection that you want Outlook Express to use has been selected as the default connection. It should have the word 'Default' in brackets after its name, and be the connection mentioned after the words 'Current default:' which can be found in the middle of the panel.

If your preferred dial-up connection has been selected as the default connection thenclick on the OK button at the bottom of the panel. Then click the OK button again to close the Options panel.

If an unwanted dial-up connection has been set as the default simply choose the one you want Outlook Express to use automatically by clicking on it once so that its name is highlighted. Then click the button marked Set Default.

The word 'Default' should now appear in brackets after the dial-up connection's name in the Dial-up Settings list. The name of the selected dial-up setting should also appear after the words 'Current default:'

Now click on the OK button at the bottom of the panel. Then click the OK button again to close the Options panel.

You have successfully updated the default Internet connection used by Outlook Express!

Good luck,

Maxwell

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