Microsoft KB Archive/268689

= ENT2001: Only Mail Proxy Setting Change When You Switch Locations =

Article ID: 268689

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Entourage 2001 for Mac Special Edition

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This article was previously published under Q268689



SYMPTOMS
If you use Location Manager to set different proxy settings in Entourage and you switch locations, only Mail Proxy settings are changed.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, use the Internet Preferences control panel in the Apple Macintosh Operating System (Mac OS) to specify a proxy, and then associate the Internet settings with each location that you create with Location Manager.

NOTE: The Location Manager and the Internet Preferences control panel are components of the Mac OS.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
The proxy setting can be the same for different locations or the setting can change. You can create an Internet settings file for these proxy settings. These settings are initialized when you select the location. Programs, such as Entourage, use these settings.

The following two sections describe how to create two Internet Sets and associate them with two locations.

How to Associate Internet Preferences with Location Manager
To associate Internet preferences with a location:
 * Create an Internet preferences set
 * Create the location and apply the preferences

How to Create an Internet Preferences Set

 * 1) Click Control Panels on the Apple menu, and then click Internet.
 * 2) On the File menu, click Rename Set. The default set is &quot;Untitled&quot; (without quotation marks).
 * 3) In the Rename Set As box, type a name for this set, and then click Rename.
 * 4) On the Edit menu, click User Mode.
 * 5) In the User Mode dialog box, click Advanced, and then click OK. The basic mode does not allow you to set features such as proxies.
 * 6) In the Internet dialog box, click the Advanced tab, and then locate and click Firewalls.
 * 7) Click to select the Web Proxy check box.
 * 8) In the Web proxy box, type the proxy name.
 * 9) Verify that the Port setting is correct. The default value is 80, but it may be different with your connection.
 * 10) On the File menu, click Save Settings.
 * 11) On the File menu, click New Set, and then name the second Internet set.
 * 12) Repeat these steps to configure the second Internet set.

How to Create the Location and Apply the Preferences

 * 1) On the Apple menu, click Control Panels, and then click Location Manager.
 * 2) In Location Manager dialog box, click Edit Locations to expand the window.
 * 3) On the File menu, click New Location. Type a descriptive name for the location, and then click Save.
 * 4) In the Locations Manager Settings dialog box, click to select the Internet Set check box, click Edit to select the Internet Set to associate with this location, and then click Apply.
 * 5) Click Current Location to select the new location, and then click Apply. The default setting is &quot;None(Off)&quot; (without quotation marks).
 * 6) On the File menu, click New Location, name the location, and then repeat the steps to configure and associate the second Internet Set.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

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