outlook express in OS10

[girlieami]

I have tiger running on a G4 and also running classic for some os9 software, including outlook express. when i launch outlook thru classic, i initially get the message
"connection failed, the server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. check the server name and ip address and try again." i click ok and then the outlook window comes up anyway so i can receive and send mail, but at an incredibly slow pace, with the same message coming back intermittently between reads and deletes. very frustrating.

outlook connects thru a shared server and dsl.

any way i can get rid of the message and streamline my e-mail use?

much thanx in advance!

 

[MisterMe]

Why are you using an ancient M$ POS, when Mail works so well? As to your problem, you say that you are using a "shared server and dsl." Unless we know the proper settings for your mail servers, there is nothing that we can do to help you.

 

[macworks]

How about using Apple Mail? If you're concerned that you cannot import to Mail from Outlook, you actually can if you have Office X or 2004 -- import your Outlook Express mail and contacts into Entourage, then use Mail to import from Entourage. You'll have to drag your contacts out of Entourage to a folder on the desktop, then drag the contacts from the folder in to Address Book. I've done this dozens of times for clients and it works great!