Default Save Location for new Contacts (and Calendar items, Notes, Tasks)

[Colleen Dier]

I use outlook client for work to connect to the corporate outlook
server.

So at the top of outlook in folder view I see the IMAP outlook server
folder called "Mailbox -<username>".

While I MUST use this for Inbox, Sent, Deleted and Outbox, I would
like
my
Calendar, Contacts, Notes and Tasks to be saved locally.

So I create a "Personal Folder" that appears below "Mailbox -
<username>"
(but on the same level hierarchically (meaning that it is local, I
have
not created a new folder on the remote exchange server)

In this "Personal Folder" I have Calendar, Contacts, Notes and Tasks.
I
have moved all of these items to these folders.

Everything is pretty much how I want it with ONE EXCEPTION. When I go
to
create a new Calendar event, Contact, Note or Task, it (by default)
saves
to "Mailbox -<username>".

What I want is for these new items to automatically save to my
"Personal
Folder"

I understand many longer work arounds to make this happen, but I want
it
to happen EVERY time BY DEFAULT. So, if I am looking at a contact
file
and I click "New Appointment with Contact" that this new calendar
event
will save on the "Calendar in Personal Folder" not "Calendar in
Mailbox
-<username>"

Understand that I do not have the option of choosing a different
default
location for my mail to be delivered as my company requires Inbox,
Sent
and Delete to remain on "Mailbox -<username>" on the Exchange server.

If anyone has a way for me to achieve this, I would be greatly
appreciative.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Jim

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Hi Jim,

if you (realy) want to change the "default" folder of Outlook you can
change this in Outlook 2002/2003 under "Toolss/Email accounts/Show available
or existing Email accounts" click on "Next" and in the left corner you see
the "delivery folder".

Here you can change the folder from the "Mailbox" to your "Personal Folder"
BUT you if you change your default folder, you would not receive your emails
into this "Personal Folder" and you could not send your emails as long as
you wouldnot change the email account settings.

Now the Exchange send and receive your emails. If you change the delivery
folder to a Personal Folder, your local Outlook will send ynd receuive your
emails but you have to change your accounts settings. I would talk to your
administrator of Exchange, before I would change the default delivery
folder.

As long as your Exchange Mailbox is your default folder so long the "default
settings" (new calendar entries, reminders etc.) are only supportet in the
mailbox.

Another idea could be to synchronize the Exchange Mailbox with your Personal
Folder.

Maybe this sites could be helpfull:
http://www.publicshareware.com/outlook-synchronisation-description.php
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm

--
Oliver Vukovics
Share Outlook without Exchange: Public ShareFolder
Synchronisation for Outlook: Public SyncTool
http://www.publicshareware.com