Instructions for Creating Your Profile

Setting up a profile to Use MS Outlook in the Student Labs

Introduction

These instructions may change slightly to accommodate improvements by the Computer Centre over time.

Also, have a look at the MS Exchange Guide (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/exchange/),   It is also available within the public folders (MS Exchange).

The fact is, if you want to use MS Outlook as your MS Exchange mail client, you have to create a 'profile.' The profile is nothing more than information about you needed by  MS Outlook. It's stupid but that's the way Microsoft did it, so there you are.

Instructions

• Make sure you are logged into the NT server on the Windows95 PC as yourself.
• Go to the Mail and Fax control panel:
  Start/Control Panel/Mail and Fax.
• Click on  Mail and Fax:
• If you do not already see
  Microsoft Exchange Server
• in the window under the Services Tab, click on
  Add...
• Add Microsoft Exchange Server.
• In most cases, Microsoft Exchange Server should already be present.
• In the original dialogue box:
• Click on Show Profiles...
• Click on Add...
• You will now be propelled along in a 'wizard.'
• In the first screen that appears, make sure that ONLY
• Microsoft Exchange Server  is ticked.
• Click Next
• Type your IC number (if first year) as Profile Name
• Click Next
• In the Microsoft Exchange Server box, type mail2.ntu.edu.sg.
• In the Mailbox box, type your IC number
• Click Next
• You obviously do not travel, so leave the 'No' option ticked.
• Click Next
• Leave the next screen setting alone.
• Click Next
• Leave the screen setting alone ('Do not add Inbox to the Startup group')
• Click Next
• Click Finish
• You will now be back into the General dialogue box (If by chance you are back to Control Panel, just double-click on the Mail and Fax icon to get back in).
• Your name should appear:
• 'The following profiles are set up on this computer.'
• junk
• your name
• junk
• Microsoft Outlook
• At the bottom will be: 
  When starting Microsoft Windows Messaging, use this
• Click it so that it shows your name!!!!
• Click on Close
• Now launch Microsoft Outlook.
• As long as you logged into the NT server on a Windows95 as yourself, you should go right into your email.

Remember, you have to do this to every PC you want to use.
If you return to the PC later, make sure that you Click on  Mail and Fax and follow the last 8 steps listed above (the one starting as 'You will now be back into the General dialogue box.').
 

The instructions above may vary slightly if Active Desktop is present on your machine.

Instructions for forwarding your MS Exchange Email

For those of you using an outside email address, there is a way to autoforward your email from MS Exchange.  You must use the MS Exchange client to do that.  The 'client' is known as MS Outlook and is located on the Free Access labs of Nanyang Business School (see above on creating a profile to use MS Outlook). Assuming that you are logged in using MS Outlook, instructions are as follows:
 

• Choose the Tools menu
• Select Inbox Assistant...
• Click on Add Rule...
• Tick the Forward box
• Fill in the box to the right with your email address
• A dialog box will appear warning you:
• 'This rule will fire for all incoming messages. Is this what you want?
• Click on Yes
• Click OK
• Click OK
• To cancel:
  Choose the Tools menu
• Select the Outbox Assistant...
• Delete the Rule.
• Click OK
• That is it.

Have a look at the Computer Centre's Instructions for more information
 

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