vhomick

The need
I am looking for a way to automatically use one outlook e-mail configuration when I am directly attached to my corporate LAN and a different configuration when I am traveling using a broadband wireless connection.

The problem
When my laptop is connected to our corporate network, e-mail works great. When I travel I use a wireless broadband card and the wireless provider requires that I use their SMTP server which requires a different outlook account configuration.

If I have both configurations active I get no error messages when I am at my corporate office, but I when I am on the broadband connection I get the messages that I cannot connect to my outbound server.

Thanks in advance

Anne Troy

Things are different depending on the version of Outlook. Please ALWAYS include the version.

MAQ_FR

If your Outlook connects on your corporate LAN, but not when "roaming" i.e using Wlan card then your issue is probably one of two things:

You do not have access rights to access your corporate email from an external connection (which is what your WLAN card essentially is).

or

You do not have a VPN conection to your corporate LAN.

There are 3 solutions, and both need your corporate Administrator to do this for you:
1. Ask him for access while roaming - he will create a roaming profile etc.
2. Ask him for VPN access, and he will provide the necessary software on your laptop.
3. Find out if they have Outlook Web Access - that way you can access your corporate email via a browser (IE or Firefox etc) and log in there. Its a bit more limited than outlook full version, but is great when out & about.