Connecting OfficeTalk to the Internet

• CompuServe users can send and receive Internet mail directly from OfficeTalk. For further information read Send & Receive Mail via CompuServe to OfficeTalk
• Windows 95 users can connect to MS Exchange via MAPI. using the Workgroup Internet Gateway
• If you have the ability to browse the World Wide Web, point your browser at http://www.connectsoft.com. From this page you can download a package called E-Mail Connection which allows you to send E-Mail from OfficeTalk to the Internet via your Internet service provider.

Users can select addresses from their MAPI or VIM compliant E-Mail program by double clicking on the icon in the OfficeTalk Send To list. This will display the appropriate program's address book.

OfficeTalk allows users to store E-Mail addresses for your contacts by adding the contacts E-Mail address into the E-Mail Box in the Contact dialog box.

Users should ensure that the External Mail selection box has the correct mail system enabled: .

Contacts with external E-Mail addresses will show up in the Write Mail\Send To dialog box.

Users can also mail external contacts by pressing the button and filling in the appropriate details.

The contacts you have selected will be displayed in the Recipient list with either a or icon to indicate the mail is being sent to an external contact.

Once you have sent your mail, OfficeTalk will transfer the mail over to the E-Mail program you are using to connect to the Internet. The next time the program connects to the Internet your mail will be transferred.

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