Configure alternative mail client at work

[darrelljon]

How do I configure an alternative mail client at work? They use Outlook 2000 but its extremely slow on the Pentium III (128Mb RAM) machines they give us. I'd like to use i.Scribe instead, but how do I do this? I've made a note of the server address (I think) they use in Outlook. I think my username is the same as the e-mail address they've given me and presumably the password is the same too. I'm not sure if they store messages on the server as well but either way I'd like to do the same in i.Scribe mail client. What other settings do I need to use?

I managed to set up Firefox by just entering the same manual proxy server address and port number as in Explorer.

[seanc7]

Does your work allow you to change your email client?

If they don't allow it, you shouldn't do it.

If they don't care if you change it, then check if they're using an Exchange server or a regular POP3 or IMAP servers.

If they're using Exchange, then you'll need a program that supports connecting to Exchange.