Setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003 to work with imap.appstate.edu email and Microsoft Exchange Calendar Server
These instructions are for those with Windows 2000 or XP using MS Outlook 2003 for email and have added an Exchange Server account.
After adding an Exchange Server Account you need to configure your Outlook 2003 so that your email and address book will work correctly.
The Exchange Server is used only for the shared calendar only and not for email. Email can not be sent through the Exchange Server.
Setting up a Rule in Outlook 2003 to forward Undeliverable messages sent to the Exchange Server Inbox to the imap.appstate.edu Inbox.
Reason: If you send a message by accident using the Exchange Server Account or type in the wrong username@appstate.edu the email
can't be sent and is returned to your Exchange Server Inbox. If you didn't know about this you might not know your message wasn't delivered.
Here is how to setup this Rule:
1. Click on Tools and Select Rules and Alerts:
2. In the Apply changes to this folder: select Inbox [Microsoft Exchange Server]
Now click on New Rule.
3. You are given options to select from - Select the first choice - Move messages from someone to a folder.
Click Next.
4. Now check on this machine only and where my name is in the To or Cc box.
5. Now click on move it to the specified folder - Then click on the underlined specified folder link at the bottom
and a directory of all your folders under each account appear. Select the Inbox folder under the imap.appstate.edu account.
Click ok to close that window and then click Next.
6. Now you can name the rule and click Finish.
7. You should now be at the screen shown below - click Apply and Ok to close the window.
This should move emails from the Exchange Server Inbox to the imap.appstate.edu Inbox.