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There are several possibilities for reading e-mail on an
Exchange-server from home. Since a computer at home is not connected
to the TUE network in the same way as the computer at your TU/e
workplace, it is not possible to access e-mail in the same way.
Alternative ways to access your e-mail are:
The most straightforward alternative is Outlook Web Access. To use this, you need to connect to the Exchange server using a web browser, after which you can access nearly everything that is available in Outlook at your workplace. Your Inbox and other mail folders will be available, as well as your agenda, tasks, Public Folders, and so on, so you can read and reply to e-mail, plan appointments and do most other things the same way you would at work.
The so-called "Personal Folders" (.pst files) are not available via Outlook Web Access. The TU/e phone book is available, but only via a search form; "Check names" does work the same way as in Outlook.
The advantage of this method is that it works everywhere, as long as an internet connection is present, and so it is also available in, for instance, an internet cafe. See LINK for the web addresses of the Exchange servers.
Another way is to access your e-mail via a client you already have installed on your computer at home. That client can be Outlook, but it can also be a different program. You can only access your inbox this way. The contents of the inbox are downloaded to your PC. Most e-mail software doesn't leave a copy of the downloaded mail on the server, unless you explicitly configure it to do so. Make sure that you do this, because otherwise, you might come to the painful realisation that your mailbox is empty when you return to work!
The advantage of this method is that you don't need to be online all the time while reading your e-mail, since you have a local copy of your e-mail on your PC. Check the manual or the help function of your e-mail client to see how to set it up to access your TU/e e-mail. You will need to supply some details for this. You can find these details on the POP3-settings.
A third way, but one that requires a bit more preparation, is to use Outlook via VPN. In order to do this, you need to install Outlook on your computer at home, and connect to the TUE-domain via a VPN connection. You then need to set up an account with the same settings as the ones you have at work. After that, when you are connected via VPN, you will have the same possibilities in Outlook at home as you have at work.