Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (
More info?)
"Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ewFtfRKsEHA.376@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> You need to join a domain to access mail on a Exchange Server, that would
> mean you should be running Windows XP Professional, not Home Edition. Home
> Edition cannot join a Domain and obviously the Exchange Server would be a
> member server in a Domain.
>
No - you do not need to join a domain to access your Exchange server from an
Outlook mail client on a Windows XP machine.
You simple provide the credentials required at connection time (these can be
set to be remembered)
--
Regards,
Mike
--
Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
newsgroups
"Andre Da Costa" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ewFtfRKsEHA.376@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> You need to join a domain to access mail on a Exchange Server, that would
> mean you should be running Windows XP Professional, not Home Edition. Home
> Edition cannot join a Domain and obviously the Exchange Server would be a
> member server in a Domain.
>
> If the computer you use at work has XP Pro on it, what you could do is
> install the Remote Desktop Client on the XP Home machine to access the pro
> machine.
>
> See link:
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/rdclientdl.asp
>
> Andre
>
>
> "Rich" <rdaley@yea.org> wrote in message
> news:9af3ae5c.0410121309.2446496a@posting.google.com...
>> We are running Microsoft Exchange 2000 and most users are running
>> Windows 2000 pro but we have one laptop that is set up with XP home
>> edition and Outlook 2000. I cannot find a way to get that machine to
>> see the Exchange server. People have told me it is impossible. Is
>> it? Rich
>
>