Outlook 2K3 as POP3 compliant

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Pat B. Raquel

If you use this email client to receive POP3 services as
most people do, how can you configure it on your network -
so that it dumps ALL the incoming messages into ONE
designated place in your network? In other words, how
can you make that one single file in a shared environment
so that any of your PCs using this software can get to it?

Reason why? I need all the Outlook clients to retrieve
them in one place so that I can save space. Is this
reason good enough to be researched? I have never seen
one asked for it?
 
While you can definitely place a personal folders (*.pst) file on a network
drive, you cannot have 2 or more machines use the file at the same time.
Are you trying to find a workgroup solution that allows you to share data
amongst 2 ore more people?
 
Yes - I am still as interested in researching this need.
1) if I have my main client shares the pst file on a
network drive, would the other clients be reading it as a
read-only? Or once, whichever one opened it first, would
this client be in control and able to append to the file
if deciding to save any changes to a data?

2) I am not clear - because when you create a profile it
builds the personal folder in this path?
ie, D:\Documents and Settings\Pbraquel.MYDOMAIN\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst
So the question is -- how do you make Outlook to go and
use your existing one in your shared drive, instead of
letting it create a new one? Is there a registry hack I
can use to control this behavior?

3) I enjoy using this newer version, but I think it could
have been made with flexibilities. Thanks for your
responses.

-----Original Message-----
While you can definitely place a personal folders (*.pst) file on a network
drive, you cannot have 2 or more machines use the file at the same time.
Are you trying to find a workgroup solution that allows you to share data
amongst 2 ore more people?

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Neo [MVP Outlook]
Due to the Swen virus, all e-mails sent to this account will be deleted
w/out reading.


If you use this email client to receive POP3 services as
most people do, how can you configure it on your network -
so that it dumps ALL the incoming messages into ONE
designated place in your network? In other words, how
can you make that one single file in a shared environment
so that any of your PCs using this software can get to it?

Reason why? I need all the Outlook clients to retrieve
them in one place so that I can save space. Is this
reason good enough to be researched? I have never seen
one asked for it?
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Pat B. Raquel said:
Yes - I am still as interested in researching this need.
1) if I have my main client shares the pst file on a
network drive, would the other clients be reading it as a
read-only? Or once, whichever one opened it first, would
this client be in control and able to append to the file
if deciding to save any changes to a data?
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Assume that you have User A, B, and C. Each need access to data stored in a
*.pst file located on a command share. User B opens the file first. User A
and C are locked out of the file until User B closes Outlook.
2) I am not clear - because when you create a profile it
builds the personal folder in this path?
ie, D:\Documents and Settings\Pbraquel.MYDOMAIN\Local
Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst
So the question is -- how do you make Outlook to go and
use your existing one in your shared drive, instead of
letting it create a new one? Is there a registry hack I
can use to control this behavior?
Click to expand...

You can create the profile manually or add a personal folder file after the
fact. For Outlook 2003, it might be as easy as File | Open | Outlook Data
File. (To close a file, right click on Personal Folders and select
Close/Disconnect)
3) I enjoy using this newer version, but I think it could
have been made with flexibilities. Thanks for your
responses.
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The Outlook client is very flexible and can be extended by 3rd parties. For
the area of sharing, try taking a peek at one of the best resource sites on
the web called Slipstick Systems.
(http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm)
 
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