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POP3 connection problem

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by samuwa27

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When I install Outlook Express as client on the same machine with Lotus Domino Server,I can easily download my emails;the connection between my Outlook express and Domino server is fine for that case.I have a Person document,internet password,and mail folder on the server,the POP3 task is running.However,when I install Outlook on a different machine and try to access my Domino server for mail downloading,the connection with the server is not established.

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by deadly ernest

Not all that familiar with Domino but I suspect your problem is the configuration of the machines. When working on the one machine the software automatically establishes connectivity between the various applications. But from different machnies you have to configure both ends to talk to each other properly.

The Server has to have a viable user account for the other machine to log on, and it CANNOT be the same account as the server itself. The other machine has to be configured to access the server with the account details etc and be told where the server is.

If your account with the ISP is 'Fred's Mail' accessing this from any application on the server will work. But when you go to access it from another machine behind the server you should use another account to log onto the server and then draw the mail from the mailbox you have told the server to store it in. the server should access the ISP and download the account Fred's Mail and then place it into another mailbox on itself as per your instructions, it is best if this is a different name, then access that mail box from the other machine.

Thus server checks Fred's Mail at the ISP and stores it in My Mail and your PC checks the server mailbox My Mail.

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