Sending mail on 2 networks

[edsjr72]

I use my laptop at home and at work and use Outlook to send and receive
mail via wireless networks. My ISP is comcast.net, but at work I can't
(as I understand it) send my e-mail via comcast so I have to change the
smtp option to my company's domain. This works OK, except when I move
from one environment to the other and forget to change the smtp setting
and wonder why my e-mail isn't leaving my inbox! Is there a better way
to set up e-mail so I don't have to change my settings a home and at
work?

Ed

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Use separate mail profiles for work and home and setup your mail accounts
accordingly.

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After furious head scratching, edsjr72 asked:

| I use my laptop at home and at work and use Outlook to send and
| receive mail via wireless networks. My ISP is comcast.net, but at
| work I can't (as I understand it) send my e-mail via comcast so I
| have to change the smtp option to my company's domain. This works OK,
| except when I move from one environment to the other and forget to
| change the smtp setting and wonder why my e-mail isn't leaving my
| inbox! Is there a better way to set up e-mail so I don't have to
| change my settings a home and at work?
|
| Ed

 

[edsjr72]

I set up Home and Work profiles to replace my single Outlook profile.
But how do I choose my original pst file as the destination for e-mail?
I opened outlook.pst in my Home profile, but outlook3.pst is the
default destination. Also, when I did a Send/Receive in my Home
profile, I received mail that I hadn't gotten earlier in the day when I
was in the Outlook profile, though I should have received it then. I
don't know if this has to do with the profile set-ups or not. Bottom
line, though, is I'd like mail to go to the same place no matter which
profile I open.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I set up Home and Work profiles to replace my single Outlook profile.
But how do I choose my original pst file as the destination for
e-mail? I opened outlook.pst in my Home profile, but outlook3.pst is
the default destination.

Open the PST you want for your delivery location with File>Open>Outlook Data
File. Then visit Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next and change the Delivery new
e-mail to the following location" drop-down at the bottom left and change it
to indicate the PST you just opened. Stop and restart Outlook. All done.

Also, when I did a Send/Receive in my Home
profile, I received mail that I hadn't gotten earlier in the day when
I was in the Outlook profile, though I should have received it then. I
don't know if this has to do with the profile set-ups or not. Bottom
line, though, is I'd like mail to go to the same place no matter which
profile I open.

As long as each profile has the same PST as its delivery location, you're
all set.

 

[edsjr72]

Thanks. I was able to set the delivery location for my Home profile to
be the same as my default profile (Outlook). But when I write an e-mail
from Home and click on To:, no contacts appear. How do I get the
various contacts folders to be visible in this profile so I can address
my e-mails?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Remove and re-add the Outlook Address Book Service. Restart outlook each
time.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, edsjr72 asked:

| Thanks. I was able to set the delivery location for my Home profile to
| be the same as my default profile (Outlook). But when I write an
| e-mail from Home and click on To:, no contacts appear. How do I get
| the various contacts folders to be visible in this profile so I can
| address my e-mails?
|
| Brian Tillman wrote:
||
||| I set up Home and Work profiles to replace my single Outlook
||| profile. But how do I choose my original pst file as the
||| destination for e-mail? I opened outlook.pst in my Home profile,
||| but outlook3.pst is the default destination.
||
|| Open the PST you want for your delivery location with
|| File>Open>Outlook Data File. Then visit Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next
|| and change the Delivery new e-mail to the following location"
|| drop-down at the bottom left and change it to indicate the PST you
|| just opened. Stop and restart Outlook. All done.
||
||| Also, when I did a Send/Receive in my Home
||| profile, I received mail that I hadn't gotten earlier in the day
||| when I was in the Outlook profile, though I should have received it
||| then. I don't know if this has to do with the profile set-ups or
||| not. Bottom line, though, is I'd like mail to go to the same place
||| no matter which profile I open.
||
|| As long as each profile has the same PST as its delivery location,
|| you're all set.
|| --
|| Brian Tillman

 

[edsjr72]

I appreciate that you reply, but your answers are quite cryptic. I
finally figured out how to add the PAB file, which I guess is what you
meant by "Outlook Address Book Service," but that didn't help in
allowing me to address an e-mail to one of my contacts (even though I
could see all my contacts). After a lot of fiddling around and furious
head scratching I figured out to check the box "Show this folder as an
Outlook Address Book" under Properties/Outlook Address Book.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I appreciate that you reply, but your answers are quite cryptic. I
finally figured out how to add the PAB file, which I guess is what you
meant by "Outlook Address Book Service,"

Not at all. The Outlook Address Book service is named exactly that:
"Outlook Address Book". it is totally unrelated to the Personal Address
Book service. They're not even named the same. Better try again.