What To Do After You Configure Your Email

After configuring your email to Exchange, some features you may have had before need to be recreated:

1. Configure your Mobile Device (iPhone, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile) for Exchange
2. Reset your out of office auto-reply message (if you had one set).
3. Create a rule for a custom auto-reply message (if you had one set).
4. Recreate Outlook rules/filters and other Outlook customization.
5. Depending on the type of rule/filter you MAY need to recreate/reset them. Mozilla Thunderbird Rules (PDF) OS X Apple Mail - Working with Rules.
6. Learn about using email and calendaring in the Exchange environment. 
7. If you want to allow others to serve as a delegate to your calendar, or to be able to view the details of your calendar (other than free/busy time), you need to set permissions using Outlook.

Outlook Customization
Since Outlook creates a new Exchange profile rather than reconfiguring an existing profile, all customization must be recreated.

• Reopen Additional Personal Folders (.pst files)
• Reselect your signature
• Creating/Recreating Rules in Outlook 2003 (PDF)
• Add your BC Group Email Account to the Exchange Profile

Reopen Additional Personal Folders
If you had created additional personal folders (local archives, etc.), they will need to be reopened in the new Exchange Profile.

1. Open Outlook.
2. From the File menu, select New > Outlook Data File.
3. Click OK.
4. Browse for the personal folders (.pst files) that you would like to reopen.

Add your BC Group Email Account to the Exchange Profile

If you use Outlook to view a BC group account, configuration for the group account will be lost when the new Exchange profile is created. You will need to add the account to your Exchange Profile.

1. Open Outlook 2007.
2. From the Tools menu, select Account Settings.
3. Click New.
4. Select the IMAP option.
5. Click Next.
6. Enter the name of the group account, in the Your Name box.
7. Enter the email address for the account in the Email Address box.
8. Enter the NEW alphanumeric password for the account and then type it again in the confirm password box.
9. Click Next.

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Outlook 2003 Signature Files

Your signatures need to be reselected (not recreated) for the new Exchange Profile. This is very simple to do:

1. Open Outlook.
2. From the Tools menu, select Options.
3. Select the Mail Format tab.
4. Click the Signatures button.
   On the right side choose the default signatures for your accounts for new messages as well as replies and forwards.