Computer Performance, Exchange 2003

Microsoft Outlook - How to Access Additional Mailboxes

Microsoft Outlook - How to Access Additional Mailboxes

Have you have been granted access to read, and/or to send, mail through another user's mailbox?  If you need to configure an addition mailbox then here are detailed directions edit your Outlook configuration.

Step-by-step Directions by Paul DeBrino

1) Launch Outlook, click Tools, E-mail Accounts:

Outlook, click TOOLS, EMAIL ACCOUNTS:

2) Choose VIEW OR CHANGE EXISTING EMAIL ACCOUNTS and click NEXT.
The following window is displayed:

VIEW OR CHANGE EXISTING EMAIL ACCOUNTS

3) Click Change... The following window is displayed:

Exchange Server Settings in Outlook

4) Click More Settings..... The following window is displayed:

Outlook Advanced

5) Click the Advanced (Tab) and then click Add... The following window is displayed:

6) Type the User Name of the person’s mailbox to which you have been granted access. In this example, the User Name we’re adding is my.friend. When you’re done, click OK.

7) Now click OK to save the changes.

8) On the last window remaining, click NEXT and then click FINISH. This addition will remain until you manually remove it.

9) You should now see the newly added mailbox in Outlook as shown in this example:

Outlook - Extra Mailboxes

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Summary

Believe that it it's possible to add extra mailboxes to your Outlook.  Naturally, the Exchange administrator has to configure the permissions at the server end.  The procedure to add mailboxes to the Outlook client is moderately difficult, however, thanks to Paul DeBrino's step-by-step instructions, the task won't take you long.

   

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