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Windows Setup

The minimum requirements and highly recommended system configurations for a Windows PC to connect to OptusNet are as follows.

Item Required Recommended Operating System Windows 95/98/Me/NT4 (Service Pack 4)/Windows 2000 Processor x486 Pentium Class RAM 16MB 32MB Hard Disk 56MB 90MB Modem 14.4k 33.6k or higher

Configure Microsoft Exchange Mail for Windows Step 1 of 5 Double click the Inbox icon on the desktop. Click the Tools menu located at the top of the window then click Options from the drop down menu. Click the Services tab located at the top of the window. Click the Add button, highlight Internet Mail by clicking on it once then click the OK button. Step 2 of 5 Click the General tab located at the top of the window. Enter your real name or the name by which you wish to be known in the Full name field. In the box titled E-mail address enter your OBIM email address in the form username@subdomain.optusbiz.com where username is your OBIM username and subdomain is an unregistered company identifier, or username@domain where domain is your registered company domain name. Enter the email address in lower case letters. In the Internet Mail server box enter mail.optusnet.com.au in lower case letters. Note - aushealth.biz customers should use mail.aushealth.biz instead (for both the incoming and outgoing mail server). In the Account name box enter your OBIM username. In the Password box enter your OBIM password in lower case letters. Click the Advanced Options button. Step 3 of 5 Enter mail.optusnet.com.au in the box in this window. Note - aushealth.biz customers should use mail.aushealth.biz instead. Click the OK button. Step 4 of 5 Click on the Connection tab located at the top of the window. Select the "Connect using the network" option Click the Login as button. Step 5 of 5 Click the Apply button then the OK button to save the settings. End of Configure Microsoft Exchange Mail for Windows

Configuring your email program

Configure Microsoft Outlook Express 4 and 5 email.
Create new identities for Microsoft Outlook Express 5.
Microsoft Outlook 97 email.
Microsoft Outlook 2000 email.
Netscape Messenger 4.x email.
Microsoft Exchange email.