Who uses AKO

[crazyfirefighter]

I personally hate AKO and, my unit will not send me e-mail on another email address and i cant ever remember what my pass words are. i hate the security for the pass words. ok rant over.

[Xyrenn]

never tried ako but nko was about the same, always had to enter in the 93 character password with 43.2 caps 10 special characters and then reset it every other week... always enjoyable times.

[viper3ez]

hated it also. hate coming up with new passwords every other day.

i've not had to use it for a while but i should be back on there in a lil bit thanks to the guard

[Major]

Why don't you just have your AKO e-mail forwarded to your own personal favorite email preference?
From the AKO Homepage once you've logged on.

My Account>Mail Preferences>Mail Options Once that window appears, you just follow the instructions.

You could also IMAP your AKO to go to Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird.

Hope it helps.

[viper3ez]

your AKO would not go to private email. it would only go to an account like first.last@amedd.army.mil which is also an official email(outlook) i personally do not use outlook outside of work cos i have no idea how to set it up

Why don't you just have your AKO e-mail forwarded to your own personal favorite email preference?
From the AKO Homepage once you've logged on.

My Account>Mail Preferences>Mail Options Once that window appears, you just follow the instructions.

You could also IMAP your AKO to go to Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird.

Hope it helps.

[MoPOWeR-349]

never tried ako but nko was about the same, always had to enter in the 93 character password with 43.2 caps 10 special characters and then reset it every other week... always enjoyable times.

Too funny...I remember those days...

I'm assuming you all don't use CAC cards for log, such as we do in the AF. The password never needs to be reset and its a short character length too.

[viper3ez]

we use the CAC card. the pin needs no reset but u stll need ur AKO password reset to access some other wewbsites. you cannot reset ur password without your CAC card

Too funny...I remember those days...

I'm assuming you all don't use CAC cards for log, such as we do in the AF. The password never needs to be reset and its a short character length too.

[MoPOWeR-349]

we use the CAC card. the pin needs no reset but u stll need ur AKO password reset to access some other wewbsites. you cannot reset ur password without your CAC card

Ok...so it is the same. Strange that not all your website/application's can't be access through one common site--the portal.

[Major]

your AKO would not go to private email. it would only go to an account like first.last@amedd.army.mil which is also an official email(outlook) i personally do not use outlook outside of work cos i have no idea how to set it up

au contraire...

Au contraire, With the IMAP it will only go to an Outlook type source.

[crazyfirefighter]

Well I was trying to fill out my guard TA app and needed my AKO pass word and login to get in to that site. I have a CAC reader but no idea how to set it up. any one know. and being a Guard Solider I dont have access to a PC with CAC set up except my one week end a month. Who knows how to sent up the email in to Outlook? Could some one do a right up on this? please.

[viper3ez]

you are right but u missed that i said first.last@amedd.army.mil was outlook.

taken from what i said " first.last@amedd.army.mil which is also an official email(outlook)"

au contraire...

Au contraire, With the IMAP it will only go to an Outlook type source.

[viper3ez]

you'ld have to go in your guard unit and reset it on a CAC reader equipped system. i have to do same in a few weeks also as i'm blocked out my AKO as well.

Well I was trying to fill out my guard TA app and needed my AKO pass word and login to get in to that site. I have a CAC reader but no idea how to set it up. any one know. and being a Guard Solider I dont have access to a PC with CAC set up except my one week end a month. Who knows how to sent up the email in to Outlook? Could some one do a right up on this? please.

[crazyfirefighter]

I got my CAC reader working wow. I had all kinds of "techs" working on it when I was @ my last school and they could not get it to work on my Vista laptop but I just got it working on my XP desk top. K I will work on the email thing. I dont have an offical e-mail other than my AKO Mail.

[Major]

you are right but u missed that i said first.last@amedd.army.mil was outlook.

taken from what i said " first.last@amedd.army.mil which is also an official email(outlook)"

As I stated Outlook only matters if you are trying to use IMAP. The originator of this thread stated that he didn't like AKO and I said that you can forward your email to say a G-Mail or Yahoo or whatever, this is what you said...

your AKO would not go to private email. it would only go to an account like first.last@amedd.army.mil

That is why I posted the picture of how to forward it to commercial addresses. You can have outlook on your home computer, amedd.army.mil is only the domain that you are on.

@crazyfirefighter

Here are the Instructions for Outlook 2003

• Open Outlook 2003
• Click on ‘Tools’ located at the top.
• Click on ‘E-Mail Accounts...’.
• Click on ‘Add a new account’
• Click on ‘next’.
• Select the IMAP option from the list presented to you.
• Enter your name in the “Your Name” field. This is what will be displayed on outgoing emails.
• Enter your AKO/DKO email address. The format is: firstname.lastname@us.army.mil.
• Enter your username and password in the appropriate fields.
• In the field for “Incoming mail server”, enter imap.us.army.mil .
• In the field for “Outgoing mail server”, enter mailrouter.us.army.mil
• Ensure that the box that reads “Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)” is unchecked.
• Click the ‘More Settings’ button.
• Click the ‘Outgoing Server’ tab.
• Check the box next to “My server requires authentication”.
• Select the option that reads “Use the same settings as my incoming server”.
• Click the ‘Advanced’ tab.
• Check the boxes that read “This server requires SSL”.
• Enter 465 for the Outgoing (SMTP) port.
• Enter 993 for the Incoming (IMAP) port.
• Click the ‘OK’ button to save your settings.
• Click on ‘Next’.
• Click on ‘Finish’.

Here are the Instructions for Outlook 2007

• Open Outlook 2007.
• Click on ‘Tools’
• Click on ‘Account Settings…’.
• Within the “E-mail” tab, click on ‘New’.
• Select “Microsoft Exchange, POP 3, IMAP, or HTTP”.
• Click on ‘Next’.
• Select ‘Manually configure server settings or additional server types’ located at the bottom of the page.
• Click on ‘Next’.
• Select ‘Internet E-mail’.
• Click on ‘Next’.
• Enter you name in the “Your Name” field, this is what will display on your outgoing emails.
• Enter in your AKO/DKO email address within the “Email Address” field.
• Select “IMAP” for the account type within the drop down box.
• In the field for “Incoming mail server”, enter imap.us.army.mil .
• In the field for “Outgoing mail server (SMTP)”, enter mailrouter.us.army.mil . Note: Some ISP’s prevent “mailrouter” from being set here. You may need to contact your local ISP or network administrators if you are unable to send mail.
• Ensure that the box that reads “Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)” is unchecked.
• You can also enter in your AKO/DKO logon information in the fields “Username” and “Password”.
• Click the ‘More Settings’ button.
• Click on the ‘Outgoing Server’ tab.
• Check the box next to “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”.
• Select “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”.
• Click on the ‘Advanced’ tab.
• Select SSL for both fields labeled “Use the following type of encrypted connection”
• Enter in 993 for the “Incoming Server (IMAP)”.
• Enter 465 for the “Outgoing Server (SMTP)”.
• Click the ‘OK’ button to save your settings.
• Click ‘Next’.
• Click ‘Finish’.

If Mozilla (Thunderbird) is your cup of tea (FREE) If you don't have the Office Suite

Link to Mozilla : http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/

• Open Mozilla Thunderbird
• Click on ‘Tools’.
• Select ‘Account Settings...’.
• Click on ‘Add Account’.
• Select “Email Account”.
• Click on ‘Next’.
• Enter your name, and then your full AKO email address in the appropriate fields.
• Click on ‘Next’.
• Select “IMAP”.
• Enter imap.us.army.mil within the “Incoming Server:” field.
• Enter your AKO/DKO username in the “Incoming User Name:” field.
• Enter your account name; this is how Thunderbird will list the account.
• Click on ‘Next’.
• Click on ‘Finish’.
• In the “Account Settings” window, select where it reads ‘Server settings’ underneath the account you just created.
• Enter 993 in to the port field.
• Select SSL from the list under the “Security Settings” section.
• Ensure that the “Use secure authentication” box is not checked.
• Click on ‘Outgoing Server (SMTP)’ located on the left side.
• Click on the ‘Add’ button.
• Enter “AKO/DKO” or another description for the AKO/DKO within the “Description” field.
• Enter mailrouter.us.army.mil for the “Server Name:”.
• Select “SSL” with the “Security and Authentication” section.
• If it did not change automatically, change the port number to 465.
• Enter your AKO/DKO username within the “User Name:” field.
• Ensure “Use name and password” is checked.
• Click ‘Ok’.

Cheers...

[Major]

CAC readers can be had at local computer stores or purchased online.

Example.

http://www.smart-cardsys.com/products/readers.htm