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Do you get lots of junk mail?


Do you get lots of junk mail from undesired and unknown senders?

Do you have Outlook 2003?

With the new features of Outlook 2003, you can fight back with this two step process:
First turn on Cache Mode
Second turn on the Junk E-mail option

How to turn on Cached Exchange Mode in Outlook 2003.

From your Outlook Inbox,
Select 'Tools', 'E-mail Accounts'
Click the 'Next' button
Click the 'Change' button
Check the box for ‘Use Cached Exchange Mode’
Click OK for the message that appears.
Click the ‘More Settings’ button
Click the ‘Advanced’ tab
Check the box for ’Download Public Folder Favorites’
Click the ‘Apply’ button
You will be prompted to close and re-open Outlook for the change to take effect.
Click OK to exit
Click the 'Next' button
Click the 'Finish' button

Note:   Now close Outlook and restart it.
When reopening Outlook after this change, it will take a short amount of time for your mailbox to cache.

Tomorrow, we will work on step 2 for Junk E-mail

Explanation of Cache Exchange Mode:

If you use Microsoft Exchange Server you no longer have to worry about problems caused by slow or far-away networks. Outlook can download your mailbox to your computer, reducing the need to communicate with the e-mail server. If the network becomes unavailable, Outlook will keep using the information it has already downloaded — and you might not even realize the network is gone! Outlook adapts to the type of network available, downloading more e-mail items over faster networks and giving you more control over what is downloaded over slower networks. If you use Outlook 2003 with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, you will benefit from a significant reduction in network traffic, helping you get to your information faster.

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Educational Technology Services
03/23/2005