1000 pts E-mail work and e-mail

Why don't you create separate profiles for the "home" users. Then you could configure the settings to only take effect for the specific profile. Use the Microsoft Client for Networks in network neighborhood.

There is no easy solution to the configuration unless you install a third party software that would allow the user to change settings and you will still have to change from the lan to home use.
Reference to a similar question that was posted earlier this week in tech,about 10/08-10/10.

Easiest thing is to go strictuly with IE5. reason being is, you can go onto the connection tab, choose the dialup and then setup. You can then set proxy settings local to their dialups, which will override anything on the Lan settings screen.We tried an auto config proxy here once along with using the autodetect proxy settings in IE5 and came up with mixed results with people using the laptop with a personal ISP. The autodetect did seem to work best though.

As far as the mail goes, best suggestion I have is to convince them to use another mail client for home. I've never been a fan of how outlook or outlook express handled different identities. Netscape I felt handled this better. With the mail client side, there's no easy answer here.

Good luck to you

Mark

Hi John,

Well, this is actually more a "workaround" than a solution, but it might help: Have your clients either get a free web-based mail account or use the web-based e-mail option for their existing account (if their ISP provides the option).This would have the advantage of making it easy for the user, not filling up the hard drive on the company laptop with personal mail, and hopefully keeping you from having to sort out the machines after the client has fouled up the settings trying to connect to their private e-mail account.

Just a thought. Good luck.

You can toggle the "Use a proxy server" flag by creating two .reg files (One for off & one for on). Then double clicking the .reg file will import the registry settings to toggle the proxy flag. The .reg file will contain:
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings]
"ProxyEnable"=dword:00000000

This will turn the proxy flag off. Create the second file with "ProxyEnable"=dword:00000001 to turn the flag on.

As for multiple email addresses I believe you will need multiple profiles (but I'm not sure what your email client program is). This may be able to be done withthe .reg files as well but I would need more information to resolve the issue.

Depending on your users, this might work -
Have them use Outlook for work email (with synchronizing, etc.) and use Outlook Express for home email.

John:
I had the same problem in a small office where I installed Wingate 4.0 with Win 98 clients with IE4 and IE5. I didn't find a solution because if you use the "Dial whenever a network connection is not present" option in Internet properties/Connections than the Wingate Internet Client seems to no longer be able to find the server. Here's what I did.
1. Configure the Wingate to use the LAN settings for in the office.
2. Create a shortcut to the ISP's dialup networking connection on the desktop. Instruct users to dial up before clicking on the big blue "e". Internet Explorer will find the connection.
3. In Outlook Express create two folders under INBOX. Folder 1 is called Wrk, folder 2 is Personal or Home. Create rules in Outlook Express that if the message is to @work_email_address that the message gets put into the work folder and if the message is to @home_email_address then the message goes to the home folder. Make sure you push pin the folders to stay open in Outlook so that the user can see the sub folders. After numerous combinations with profiles (that usually didn't work) the mobile users accepted this solution.

Sincerely

John,

There is a way, through the use of network hardware, to force proxy settings without changing browser settings. This way, you could setup the laptops to not use a proxy and use a router to say that any HTTP traffic goes straight to the proxy server. I know it can be done because my ISP does it.

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