I receive/send and have to file about 100 e-mails per day WITH attachments.
As these files are legal documents I keep them in a tree format, that is
sub-folders/sub-directories by country/customer/project.
In order to make backups easy I make a new PST every 6 months, with the
date of creation.
Every PST has the same tree format.
HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
I need to keep the Older trees "live" and viewable in Outlook, but I don't
want to ACCIDENTALLY move mail to them.
Thus how can I lock a PST file so that it is read only (IF you do this by
changing the attributes Outlook cannot even open it)
HELP

You can't.

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"Peter Mostovoy" <Peter (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2F8509E8-BD42-4F46-9929-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I receive/send and have to file about 100 e-mails per day WITH
> attachments.
> As these files are legal documents I keep them in a tree format, that is
> sub-folders/sub-directories by country/customer/project.
> In order to make backups easy I make a new PST every 6 months, with the
> date of creation.
> Every PST has the same tree format.
> HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
> I need to keep the Older trees "live" and viewable in Outlook, but I don't
> want to ACCIDENTALLY move mail to them.
> Thus how can I lock a PST file so that it is read only (IF you do this by
> changing the attributes Outlook cannot even open it)
> HELP

Peter Mostovoy <Peter (E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> HERE IS THE PROBLEM:
> I need to keep the Older trees "live" and viewable in Outlook, but I
> don't want to ACCIDENTALLY move mail to them.

Easy. Think before acting.
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]