2 computers 1 pst file

I have a desktop and a laptop and to keep outlook in sync I have been copying
my pst file between the 2. Recently I added a IMAP email account to outlook.
Outlook generated a new pst file for it named ???38.pst. I figured I'd use
the same method that keeps my main .pst file in sync but when the account was
created on my laptop it created a pst file named ???10.pst. Although I can
open the ???.38pst file it only delivers mail to the ???10.pst file. even
removing the ???10.pst file and tricking outlook into opening ???38.pst
instead does not resolve the problem. Any ideas or thoughts on this will be
greatly apreciated. This is Outlook 2003 fully updated.

You cannot copy .pst files for IMAP accounts between machines. Outlook will
always create its own .pst file for a particular IMAP account.

Since the IMAP .pst file merely duplicates what's on the IMAP server, there
is no need to copy from another Outlook system in the first place.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Myles" <Myles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a desktop and a laptop and to keep outlook in sync I have been
>copying
> my pst file between the 2. Recently I added a IMAP email account to
> outlook.
> Outlook generated a new pst file for it named ???38.pst. I figured I'd use
> the same method that keeps my main .pst file in sync but when the account
> was
> created on my laptop it created a pst file named ???10.pst. Although I can
> open the ???.38pst file it only delivers mail to the ???10.pst file. even
> removing the ???10.pst file and tricking outlook into opening ???38.pst
> instead does not resolve the problem. Any ideas or thoughts on this will
> be
> greatly apreciated. This is Outlook 2003 fully updated.