Multi User with 1 e-mail account on same PC

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Hi and sorry if this is getting boring,

I have a Windows 2000 machine with multi user id on it, each user id should have their own e-mail account except I wish for 2 id's to use the same e-mail account.
First problem I've seen is that the mail is stored locally on the hard drive and not on a server otherwise I would set-up a delegate.

I've tried to set one of the id's Mailboxes to appear at the top of the Folders list on the other id, but when I click on it I'm told I do not have permission although I've set permissions (as far as I know) from the 1st id.

Is there a way, are there any knowledge bases I should read?

Thanks
Dean
 
For the user that currently holds all the mail, contacts, etc... move the pst-file to a location both can reach (for example; create a folder D:\Outlook). Start Outlook and it will ask for the new location of the pst-file.

Then logon as the second user and connect to that pst-ile by File-> Open-> Outlook Data File... Then set it as the default delivery location by going to Tools-> E-mail Accounts

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

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Hi and sorry if this is getting boring,

I have a Windows 2000 machine with multi user id on it, each user id should have their own e-mail account except I wish for 2 id's to use the same e-mail account.
First problem I've seen is that the mail is stored locally on the hard drive and not on a server otherwise I would set-up a delegate.

I've tried to set one of the id's Mailboxes to appear at the top of the Folders list on the other id, but when I click on it I'm told I do not have permission although I've set permissions (as far as I know) from the 1st id.

Is there a way, are there any knowledge bases I should read?

Thanks
Dean
 
Robert,
Done that but it's still not quite right.
I've put the pst file in c:\Outlook and they both read it but the second user does not download new messages.
I set-up as per your instructions, logged onto second user and got a colleague to send me a message. It did not download either automatically or when I pressed send/receive.
When I went back into the first user and send/receive 'd it appeared, I then logged off and on as the second user and it was there.

The "Folders list" still says I have No permission, I've set the Exchange Server properties for the second user to the same as the first user and tried setting the "Enable Offline use" but no effect.

Any thing to try or correct.

Dean
For the user that currently holds all the mail, contacts, etc... move the pst-file to a location both can reach (for example; create a folder D:\Outlook). Start Outlook and it will ask for the new location of the pst-file.

Then logon as the second user and connect to that pst-ile by File-> Open-> Outlook Data File... Then set it as the default delivery location by going to Tools-> E-mail Accounts

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Hi and sorry if this is getting boring,

I have a Windows 2000 machine with multi user id on it, each user id should have their own e-mail account except I wish for 2 id's to use the same e-mail account.
First problem I've seen is that the mail is stored locally on the hard drive and not on a server otherwise I would set-up a delegate.

I've tried to set one of the id's Mailboxes to appear at the top of the Folders list on the other id, but when I click on it I'm told I do not have permission although I've set permissions (as far as I know) from the 1st id.

Is there a way, are there any knowledge bases I should read?

Thanks
Dean
 
Robert,
Done that but it's still not quite right.
I've put the pst file in c:\Outlook and they both read it but the second user does not download new messages.
I set-up as per your instructions, logged onto second user and got a colleague to send me a message. It did not download either automatically or when I pressed send/receive.
When I went back into the first user and send/receive 'd it appeared, I then logged off and on as the second user and it was there.

The "Folders list" still says I have No permission, I've set the Exchange Server properties for the second user to the same as the first user and tried setting the "Enable Offline use" but no effect.

Any thing to try or correct.

Dean
For the user that currently holds all the mail, contacts, etc... move the pst-file to a location both can reach (for example; create a folder D:\Outlook). Start Outlook and it will ask for the new location of the pst-file.

Then logon as the second user and connect to that pst-ile by File-> Open-> Outlook Data File... Then set it as the default delivery location by going to Tools-> E-mail Accounts

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-What do the Outlook Icons Mean?
-Create an Office 2003 CD slipstreamed with Service Pack 1

-----
Hi and sorry if this is getting boring,

I have a Windows 2000 machine with multi user id on it, each user id should have their own e-mail account except I wish for 2 id's to use the same e-mail account.
First problem I've seen is that the mail is stored locally on the hard drive and not on a server otherwise I would set-up a delegate.

I've tried to set one of the id's Mailboxes to appear at the top of the Folders list on the other id, but when I click on it I'm told I do not have permission although I've set permissions (as far as I know) from the 1st id.

Is there a way, are there any knowledge bases I should read?

Thanks
Dean
 
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