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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 Outlook 97 Mail for Windows Step 1 of 6 Open Outlook 97. Click on the Tools menu option located at the top of the window. Select Services from the drop down menu. The following window will open, click on the Services tab located at the top of the window. Click on the Add button. Step 2 of 6 Click on Internet E-mail so it is highlighted. Click the OK button. Step 3 of 6 Click the General tab located at the top of the window. In the first box in this window enter OBIM Email. In the Name box enter your real name. You can use upper and lower case letters in this box. In the E-mail address box 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). Click on the Servers tab located at the top of the window. Step 4 of 6 In the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) box enter mail.optusnet.com.au in lower case letters. In the Incoming Mail (POP3) 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). Place a dot next to Logon using. In the Account Name box enter your OBIM username in lower case letters. In the Password box enter your OBIM password in lower case letters. Click the Connection tab located at the top of the window. Step 5 of 6 Select the 'I use a LAN connection' option Click the Apply button at the bottom of the window. Click the OK button. Step 6 of 6 Click the OK button to save the settings for your email account. End of Configure Outlook 97 Mail for Windows

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