Hi everyone. I have a user - an admin assistant - who needs to open her
boss' mailbox. It's all set up and working fine for her, but she has a new
request: She would like to be able to open his mailbox via a shortcut on
her desktop. I imagine that if this is possible, that it would be
accomplished with some switch appended to the shortcut target ("C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /something). I searched the
web and can't find out how to do it, but she claims the IT guys at her last
employer did this for her, so I have been lead to believe it is possible.

Thanks!

Perhaps she used OWA to access the other mailbox?
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Kathleen Orland
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http://www.howto-outlook.com/



"Brion Keagle" wrote:

> Hi everyone. I have a user - an admin assistant - who needs to open her
> boss' mailbox. It's all set up and working fine for her, but she has a new
> request: She would like to be able to open his mailbox via a shortcut on
> her desktop. I imagine that if this is possible, that it would be
> accomplished with some switch appended to the shortcut target ("C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /something). I searched the
> web and can't find out how to do it, but she claims the IT guys at her last
> employer did this for her, so I have been lead to believe it is possible.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>

First add the mailbox to the users mail profile as per;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/permissions.htm

Then you create a shortcut;
outlook:\\mailboxname\foldername

You can easily retrieve the shortcut to create when you enable the Web
toolbar in Outlook.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"Brion Keagle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi everyone. I have a user - an admin assistant - who needs to open her
> boss' mailbox. It's all set up and working fine for her, but she has a
> new request: She would like to be able to open his mailbox via a shortcut
> on her desktop. I imagine that if this is possible, that it would be
> accomplished with some switch appended to the shortcut target ("C:\Program
> Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /something). I searched the
> web and can't find out how to do it, but she claims the IT guys at her
> last employer did this for her, so I have been lead to believe it is
> possible.
>
> Thanks!
>

I'll try it - thanks!

-Brion


"Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote in
message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> First add the mailbox to the users mail profile as per;
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/permissions.htm
>
> Then you create a shortcut;
> outlook:\\mailboxname\foldername
>
> You can easily retrieve the shortcut to create when you enable the Web
> toolbar in Outlook.
>
> --
> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>
> -----
> "Brion Keagle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi everyone. I have a user - an admin assistant - who needs to open her
>> boss' mailbox. It's all set up and working fine for her, but she has a
>> new request: She would like to be able to open his mailbox via a
>> shortcut on her desktop. I imagine that if this is possible, that it
>> would be accomplished with some switch appended to the shortcut target
>> ("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /something). I
>> searched the web and can't find out how to do it, but she claims the IT
>> guys at her last employer did this for her, so I have been lead to
>> believe it is possible.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>

You're welcome! :-)

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.howto-outlook.com/
Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more

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"Brion Keagle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'll try it - thanks!
>
> -Brion
>
>
> "Roady [MVP]" <newsgroups_DELETE_@_DELETE_sparnaaij_NO_._SPAM_net> wrote
> in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> First add the mailbox to the users mail profile as per;
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/permissions.htm
>>
>> Then you create a shortcut;
>> outlook:\\mailboxname\foldername
>>
>> You can easily retrieve the shortcut to create when you enable the Web
>> toolbar in Outlook.
>>
>> --
>> Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
>> Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
>> http://www.howto-outlook.com/
>> Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more
>>
>> -----
>> "Brion Keagle" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:u$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi everyone. I have a user - an admin assistant - who needs to open her
>>> boss' mailbox. It's all set up and working fine for her, but she has a
>>> new request: She would like to be able to open his mailbox via a
>>> shortcut on her desktop. I imagine that if this is possible, that it
>>> would be accomplished with some switch appended to the shortcut target
>>> ("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /something).
>>> I searched the web and can't find out how to do it, but she claims the
>>> IT guys at her last employer did this for her, so I have been lead to
>>> believe it is possible.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>
>
>