Install and Configure Paclink Post Office with Outlook Express

1.Open Paclink AGW. It opens in a temporary file. Click setup.exe . The installer will guide you through the steps required to install Paclink AGW on your computer. The installer will install Paclink AGW to C:\Program Files\Paclink\ Choose Next for the first step and Next again.

2. You should see the following: The installer is ready to install Paclink AGW on your computer.

Click "Next" to start the installation. When PaclinkAGW has been installed, you will see the following: Paclink AGW has been successfully installed. Click "Close" to exit.

3. .Open Paclink Post Office. It opens in a temporary file. Click setup.exe . The installer will guide you through the steps required to install Paclink Post Office on your computer. The installer will install Paclink Post Office to C:\Program Files\Paclink\ Choose Next for the first step and Next again.

4. You should see the following: The installer is ready to install Paclink Post Office on your computer.

Click "Next" to start the installation. When Paclink Post Office has been installed, you will see the following: Paclink Post Office has been successfully installed. Click "Close" to exit.

5. Paclink Post Office MUST BE CONFIGURED BEFORE Paclink AGW. Icons for Paclink AGW and Paclink Post Office should be on your Desktop.

YOUR COMPUTER MUST BE ON THE INTERNET FOR THIS NEXT OPERATION.

Click on the Paclink Post Office icon. You should see a thin window appear on your Desktop as Paclink Post Office updates the software. Wait - the window will disappear eventually.

6. Open the Properties menu for Paclink Post Office. Use the default location: C:\Program Files\Paclink\

In the Radio Callsign for this Paclink Site, load the same callsign you used in Airmail. Load a password to be used for an email account to be used with Paclink Post Office and Outlook Express. This is not necessarily the same password used for your Winlink2000 account.

In the E-Mail Client Access and Ports option, you probably would want to check the "Local or LAN" option, If the computer is used with a router. Click "Update" . A message will appear indicating " Account <CALLSIGN> has been added to your local Outlook Express. Be sure and set the account password in Outlook Express before using the account." Click "Ok"

7. Back on the main Paclink Post Office window menu, click on Accounts. In the window Account name, use the drop down box arrow to confirm that the account you created in step 6 above is contained there. Click "Close" and leave Paclink Post Office running and minimize the screen.

8. Now start Outlook Express. A window should appear requesting the password for the

new account created in Paclink Post Office. Add the password from Post Office, and be sure

to check Remember password. Click "Ok"

9. On the Outlook Express menu bar, click "Tools" then "Accounts" then "Mail". Your callsign should appear as one of the Outlook Express e-mail accounts. Highlight the new account name and click Properties from the menu on the right side of this screen. The Mail Account screen should be open.

The top window indicates the way this account will be identified in the list of accounts. Leave it as defaulted, if it is agreeable with you. You can change it to some other description, if you like.

In User Information windows,

Name will indicate what will appear as "'From" in e-mails sent from this particular account. Leave Organization - leave this window blank.

E-mail address - MUST be the e-mail address for this account "@winlink.org"

Reply address - leave this window blank

Check the box "Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing"

Click "Apply"

10. On the <CALLSIGN> Properties window menu bar, click on the Servers tab.

Server Information

The incoming server should be "POP3"

Incoming mail (POP3) should indicate "localhost"

Outgoing mail (POP3) should indicate "localhost"

Incoming Mail Server

Account name - callsign used in Paclink Post Office

Password - whatever (******)

Check "Remember password" or "Log on using Secure Password Authentication"

Outgoing Mail Server

Check "My server requires authentication"

Click "Apply" if changes

11. On the <CALLSIGN> Properties window menu bar, click on the Connection tab

Check "Always connect to this account using": probably defaulted to Local Area Network

Check "Apply" if changes.

12. Close windows successively to return to the Internet Accounts Mail tab. Close the Mail tab and return to the main Outlook Express window.

Look at the icons just below the Outlook Express menu bar. Find the icon Send/Recv. In the

right side of that icon is a pull down arrow. Click on the arrow.

The bottom entry in the opened menu should indicate the newly created account (Default).

Click the newly created account.

If you don't get an error message - you have successfully installed Paclink Post Office and linked it with Outlook Express.