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HelpOutlook 2003 - Web Proxy Connection
Step 6 The Exchange server information in step 6 has been updated to reflect new configuration settings for connecting to Exchange 2007.**
Desktop requirements
- Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or later, Windows XP, or Windows 2003
- Outlook 2003 (part of the MS Office 2003 for Windows software suite)
- Pentium processor with 233 MHz clock speed or faster
- Minimum 128 MB of RAM
- 400 MB of hard-disk space
Configuration Recommendations
- Web proxy connection allows connecting to mail@ucsf account without a VPN connection when not on the UCSF network
- Be advised that the initial synchronization of your mail account can take a considerable amount of time depending on the amount of mail in your account
- Using Outlook after the initial synchronization will not take as long
- Try performing initial synchronization on campus using a wired or wireless connection
- Recommended for DSL or cable modem connections only
- Not recommended for dialup connections; use Outlook Web Access for dialup connections
Setting up the Outlook 2003 Web Proxy Connection
- From within Outlook, go to the Tools menu and select
Email Accounts... Select Add a new email account (Microsoft
Exchange Server) or View or change existing e-mail accounts. In either case, the
profile must have the Exchange Server service as part of the profile Click the
Next button.
- Select your mail@ucsf Account and click the Change button.
- In the Microsoft Exchange Server field, enter
exvs06.net.ucsf.edu. In the User name field,
enter your name using the format: Last, (space) First. You
MUST select “Use Cached Exchange Mode” Click
the More Settings.. button.
- Click on the Security tab. Verify "Kerberos/NTLM
Password Authentication" is selected.
- Now select the Connection tab and click the
“Connect to my Exchange mailbox using HTTP” checkbox. Then
click the the Exchange Proxy Settings button.
- **Configure the proxy settings to match those in the following
image.
- In the "Use this URL to connect to my proxy server for Exchange" field, enter: exchange.ucsf.edu;
- Click the checkbox "Connect using SSL only";
- Click the checkbox "On slow networks, connect using HTTP first, then connect using TCP/IP";
- Under the Proxy Authentication settings, choose NTLM Authentication from the drop-down menu;
- Click the OK button.
- Click the Next button, and then click the Finish button.
- When you launch Outlook you will be prompted for your account credentials.
In the User name field, enter your account username
in the format: campus\username In the Password
field, enter your account password. Click the OK
button.
- Initial synchronization can be very slow. Be patient.