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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Setup MAPI account using Axigen Connector

Setup MAPI Account using Axigen Connector


The AXIGEN Outlook Connector comes with an installation wizard and needs to be setup on each machine using Outlook as an email client and having messaging communications handled by the AXIGEN Mail Server. The installation process is an extremely easy three-step procedure, as shown below.
Important! The AXIGEN Outlook Connector can be installed on the following platforms:
For Windows XP Professional x86 SP3 with Outlook 2003/SP3 or 2007/SP2
Windows Vista Business SP1 with Outlook 2007/SP2
Windows 7 with Outlook 2007/SP2

To run the wizard, double-click the executable file which will then prompt the wizard welcome window. Click Next to start installing.

The second step consists in reading and agreeing to the End-User License Agreement. Click I Agree to start the actual installation process or Cancel to quit installing the connector. Click Back to go back to the welcome window.
 
If you agree to the product EULA, the AXIGEN Outlook Connector will be installed. To exit the setup wizard, click Finish, as shown below.

After running the setup wizard, you will have to configure Outlook for use with the AXIGEN Outlook Connector. To do so, please follow the steps below:

1. Add a new Outlook profile, if you don't have one:
    1.1 Go to Start-> Control Panel -> Mail applet.
    1.2 Select 'Show Profiles...' -> 'Add...' , add a name for your new profile, select 'Ok'.

2. Add a new account to the profile you have just added:
    2.1 From the 'E-mail' section, choose 'Add a new e-mail account'.
    2.2 In the 'E-mail Accounts' dialog, 'Server Type' section choose 'Additional Server Types'.
    2.3 In 'E-mail Accounts' dialog, 'Additional Server Types' section choose 'Axigen Mail Server'.

3. Fill all required settings for the 'Axigen Outlook Connector' service:

    3.1 Fill in the 'Server Name' edit control with the IP or the name of the AXIGEN Mail Server.
    3.2 Select “Use SSL” for IMAP Port, the Port number would automatically change to 993
    3.3 Fill in the 'Account Name' and 'Password' fields with the account name and password provided to you.
    3.4 Use the 'Remember Password' option so you won't have to type it in each time you open Outlook
    3.7 Click the 'Test Connection...' button to verify that the details you entered are correct and complete and your account is working.

4. Start Outlook and select the profile name you have added at step 1 from the 'Choose Profile' dialog.
5. You will see Axigen Outlook Connector as the tree name show in the below screenshot. Under this your complete mailbox would be synchronized with the server copy.




6. Now go to Contacts, you will see 4 additional contacts group named Contacts , , Collected Addresses, ~Public Contacts (Public), and ~Domain Contacts (Public) as seen in the screen shot below.




7. You will see Contacts been synchronized from the server copy to your local outlook
8. Now when you compose any email, you would be able to lookup all the contacts synchronized with the the Axigen Server.

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