Outlook 2007 vs 2003

[Guest]

I have just upgraded my home version of Office. I run 2007 on Vista. At
the office where I use a laptop, we have Office 2003 and XP. I use Outlook
on both configured to the same e-mail address. I have two questions:

1. I have marked the option on both systems to leave messages on the server
so that I can read new messages from either location. While messages I pick
up at the office appear in my home inbox, messages that I download to my home
computer do not appear in my office outlook. Is there something else I can do?

2. I have also tried to import my home address book into my office outlook
but have been unsuccessful. Is this because I am using two different versions
of Outlook?

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have just upgraded my home version of Office. I run 2007 on
Vista. At
the office where I use a laptop, we have Office 2003 and XP. I use
Outlook on both configured to the same e-mail address. I have two
questions:

1. I have marked the option on both systems to leave messages on the
server so that I can read new messages from either location. While
messages I pick up at the office appear in my home inbox, messages
that I download to my home computer do not appear in my office
outlook. Is there something else I can do?

Are you sure you're leaving the messages on the server at home? I'm
assuming you're using a POP server both at home and at work. Is this
correct?

2. I have also tried to import my home address book into my office
outlook but have been unsuccessful. Is this because I am using two
different versions of Outlook?

Since neither Outlook 2003 nor 2007 have "address books", it's hard to
advise you unless you tell us just what you did to transfer the data. I
would have copied the PST I use at work to my home PC and opened it so
access the Contacts folder(s) it contains, or I'd have created a separate
PST, copied my Contacts folder(s) to it, and taken that PST home with me.
No import/export whatsoever.

 

[Guest]

Thank you. This is helpful. I will check again re leaving the messages on the
server at home. You are correct that I'm using a pop server at both
locations. Also, I should have said contact folder and not address book. I'll
try your suggestion.