[WEB4LIB] RE: Exchange Server and Webmail

[Junus, Ranti]

Mark,
Thanks for the correction and clarification.  Your explanation is simpler and easier to understand.

ranti.

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Ranti Junus - Systems
 100 Main Library W441
 Michigan State University
 East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
 +1.517.432.6123 ext. 231
 +1.517.432.8374 (fax)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: bardsley at u.washington.edu [mailto:bardsley at u.washington.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:46 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Exchange Server and Webmail
> 
> 
> Ranti,
> 
> That makes sense. By default, when I login to Exchange based 
> web mail, I use the workgroup name (actually in my case it's 
> a domain name). For example:
> 
> User Name: domain\MyName
> Password: ********
> 
> Notice that the slash is a backslash instead of a forward slash.
> 
> - Mark Bardsley
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:34:41 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Junus, Ranti" <junus at mail.lib.msu.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Exchange Server and Webmail
> 
> We use Exhange Server here and sometimes I can't access our 
> webmail from non-work computers.  I do know that if that's 
> the case, I usually need to include the workgroup name when 
> login to our webmail.  For example: 
> Our workgroup at work is called LIB.
> So, when I want to login to my webmail, I will need to use 
> "LIB/myloginname" (without the quotes) at the username field.
> 
> Not sure if this actually solves your patron's problems, but 
> it might work.  Your patron just have to know their workgroup 
> name at their organization.
> Hope this helps.
> 
> ranti.
> 
> --
> Ranti Junus - Systems
>  100 Main Library W441
>  Michigan State University
>  East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
>  +1.517.432.6123 ext. 231
>  +1.517.432.8374 (fax)
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Murphy [mailto:chrism at thecommunitylibrary.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:11 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Exchange Server and Webmail
> > 
> > 
> > Occasionally, patrons on our public Internet stations 
> report not being 
> > able to access their web based email accounts at their 
> > corporation/university/etc. In each case I've seen, the interface 
> > appears to be with a Microsoft Exchange Server.
> > 
> > By policy, our public Internet stations do not permit access to 
> > Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express, and I am guessing the server 
> > requires some form of Outlook be installed on the client computer.
> > 
> > Is this correct? We don't use MS Outlook, and our mail server uses 
> > Linux, so I am inexperienced with Exchange servers and their 
> > requirements for web access.
> > 
> > I see this problem only a handful of times per year, but if 
> there is an 
> > easy way to get around it without enabling Outlook, I would 
> > like to do so.
> > 
> > Any advice or tips will be appreciated.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > -- 
> > Christopher Murphy
> > Information Systems Manager
> > The Community Library, Ketchum, Idaho
> > chrism at thecommunitylibrary.org
> > http://www.thecommunitylibrary.org
> > 
> > 
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