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Jay Blackwood
I am having a problem getting Outlook 2003 to automatically connect to my
ISP via a DSL (PPPoE) connection. I am looking for the same behavior I see
when I fire up Internet Explorer - I want to simply start the application
and the connection is automatically done to the web. It is mostly a
nuisance since I can connect manually or first bring up IE, but I'd still
like it to work more like a cable connection or LAN.
There are 3 ways to configure a connection in Outlook: 1) LAN with/without a
modem, 2) Dial Up, and 3) Same as IE or 3rd party. I've tried all of these
to no avail. This is all happening within Windows XP connecting to Bell
Sympatico. Bell has very little constructive to say either from their phone
support or online support.
As an interesting side note: if I configure as a Dial up, Outlook will bring
up a connection form, but with drop the connection immediately after
downloading all email. If you then attempt to write and send a new email,
you get an error since there is no internet connection. I've set the
connection to "Never" hang up but Outlook obviously doesn't listen to it.
Any ideas or hints how to solve this?
Jay Blackwood
ISP via a DSL (PPPoE) connection. I am looking for the same behavior I see
when I fire up Internet Explorer - I want to simply start the application
and the connection is automatically done to the web. It is mostly a
nuisance since I can connect manually or first bring up IE, but I'd still
like it to work more like a cable connection or LAN.
There are 3 ways to configure a connection in Outlook: 1) LAN with/without a
modem, 2) Dial Up, and 3) Same as IE or 3rd party. I've tried all of these
to no avail. This is all happening within Windows XP connecting to Bell
Sympatico. Bell has very little constructive to say either from their phone
support or online support.
As an interesting side note: if I configure as a Dial up, Outlook will bring
up a connection form, but with drop the connection immediately after
downloading all email. If you then attempt to write and send a new email,
you get an error since there is no internet connection. I've set the
connection to "Never" hang up but Outlook obviously doesn't listen to it.
Any ideas or hints how to solve this?
Jay Blackwood