Can I Move the default data location?

[Bill Meyer]

all I want to do is share the same data & personal files on 3 systems so
that I can access the same mailbox at each location. I have looked at all of
the sync & sharing programs for Outlook but all of them are a pain with the
default location. If I move my data to a folder that could be shared easily
I could then use that data file from all 3 systems. It is only my email and
no one else uses it so I don't have security problem.

 

[Gordon]

all I want to do is share the same data & personal files on 3 systems so
that I can access the same mailbox at each location. I have looked at all
of the sync & sharing programs for Outlook but all of them are a pain with
the default location. If I move my data to a folder that could be shared
easily I could then use that data file from all 3 systems. It is only my
email and no one else uses it so I don't have security problem.

Your best bet would be to see if your ISP offers IMAP mailboxes. Otherwise
you are talking about accessing the pst file across a network, and that is
both not supported by Microsoft and is also possibly the quickest and most
frequent way to a corrupted pst file.

Otherwise it is very easy to move the pst file to a shared folder - with
Outlook closed, just move it!

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

you can move the *.pst but network access or sharing is not supported. only
1 outlook at a time can use a pst.

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[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

all I want to do is share the same data & personal files on 3 systems so
that I can access the same mailbox at each location. I have looked at all
of the sync & sharing programs for Outlook but all of them are a pain with
the default location. If I move my data to a folder that could be shared
easily I could then use that data file from all 3 systems. It is only my
email and no one else uses it so I don't have security problem.

Yes you can and as long as you understand the caveats posted already (i.e.,
only one Outlook at a time can access the PST and if there's a network
glitch you can lose the entire PST), nothing stops you from moving your PST
to a network share and using it there on each PC. I've done it. Be sure to
make frequent backups (i.e., copies) of the PST.

 

[Gordon]

Yes you can and as long as you understand the caveats posted already
(i.e., only one Outlook at a time can access the PST and if there's a
network glitch you can lose the entire PST), nothing stops you from moving
your PST to a network share and using it there on each PC. I've done it.
Be sure to make frequent backups (i.e., copies) of the PST.

I still think the IMAP route is the best solution....

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

yes, imap is almost always the best solution but not all mail providers
offer it. It's not perfect though - especially if you use rules. Not that
rules work well when outlook is sharing the pst either, unless just one
outlook downloads the mail.


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[Bill Meyer]

Thank You everyone. It would only be me accessing the program and only one
location at a time. I am not sure which suggestion I am going to use but I
will supply an answer after deciding which way to go. Once again Thanks To
All!