Personal Folder question

[tforms1]

I use outlook at work and would like to keep a copy of my emails at
home.

The copy at home would just be for offline reading, I do not want to
be connected to work.

I went to my local settings->application data->microsoft->outlook
folder, and copied the three files to my home computer:
outlook.ost - 70 megs
archive.pst - 7 megs
Company-outlook.ost - 100 megs

Why are there 3 files and whats the differences between them?

I went into Outlook and choose 'Open Folder' but it only gave me the
option to open a .pst file, and I opened the archive.pst file, and
there was only my 'Sent' mail.

How do I get the other 2 files open?

Thanks

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You can't. The ost-files are for local use on the PC configured with the
account only. You'll have to export your mailbox to a pst-file.
See http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/backupandrestore.htm