Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2007 Inside Out

Configuring General Properties

You use the General tab in the Microsoft Exchange dialog box (shown earlier in Figure 41-3) to configure the account name, the connection state, and other general settings, as follows:

• Exchange Account. Specify the name under which the account appears in your Outlook 2007 configuration. This name has no bearing on the Exchange Server name or your account name. For example, you might name the account Office E-Mail, Work Account, or Microsoft Exchange Server.

• Automatically Detect Connection State. Direct Outlook 2007 to detect the connection state (offline or online) at startup and choose the appropriate state. Use this option if your computer is connected to the network all the time. Use this option also if you’re setting ...