Our new pre-setup software will automatically create a new Outlook profile for your Exchange Hosting mailbox. Please follow the steps below for our tool to get you started. Please note, this tool will not create your mailbox on the Exchange Server. If you are unsure whether your mailbox has been created already, please contact your company administrator.

If you would like to perform these steps manually, please select the instructions from here.

1. Close Microsoft Outlook if it is open.
   
   NOTE: If you are running an Outlook version which is NOT Outlook 2003, we recommend upgrading to Outlook 2003 before setting Hosted Exchange. Outlook 2003 is available for free (requires a valid Exchange hosting mailbox account). Please submit a request to our Exchange Support department for the license key code.
   
   NOTE: If you are running Windows XP, please ensure that your system is updated to Service Pack 2 (SP2). You can use Microsoft's Windows Update tool found here.
   
2. Download and run the pre-setup software. Click on this link - Auto Setup Tool - and select "Open" or "Run" .
3. Click on Setup
   
   
   
4. The Outlook Setup tool will select the setting which is most appropriate for your client. Please do not change this unless you are advised to do so by your administrator or support personnel. If RPC/HTTP is selected please continue using this article otherwise for MAPI visit this article or for VPN visit this article. Enter your email address and hit next
   
   
   
5. You will see the following information box:
   
   
   
   
   Click on OK.
6. The login window will come up and prompt you to login, enter your full e-mail address for your username & your normal password:
   
   
   
   Click on OK.
7. Click on Finish
   NOTE: This window may be hidden behind the Outlook window.
   
   
   
8. Outlook will open automatically & you will be prompted to select a profile - the profile name will be in the following format: "Exchange Hosting {your email address}"
   Select it and click on OK
   
   
   
9. You will be asked to login again, please do so.
10. The following window will come up, stating that "Your Microsoft Exchange Server is unavailable."; please click on Retry
    
    
    
11. You're ready to use Outlook! Every time you start Outlook, you will be prompted to logon with your username & password.

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