Create a new mail profile in Control Panel-Mail Icon-Profiles. Configure it with your mail account. Then go back and delete your Exchange profile.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Erik asked:

| Hi,
| I use: Win XP SP2, Office 2003, SP 2.
|
| I started to create an Exchange Server account but shortly after,
| deleted it.
| Since then, I get an "Offline" icon in the right lower corner of the
|
| Also, when I try to use Rules and Alerts, I get the message: "You are
| currently working offline. To use this command, you must go online and
| connect to the Exchange Server."
|
| I do not have Exchange Server. There is no choice to go online in
| File Menu either.
|
| Any help would be appreciated.