Sharing email accounts through a network

[Guest]

I have a small network between two computers in my home office and I would
like to be able to access my emails through Outlook on both of these
computers. Is it possible to share an email account through a network and if
so, how do I do this?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I have a small network between two computers in my home office and I
would like to be able to access my emails through Outlook on both of
these computers. Is it possible to share an email account through a
network and if so, how do I do this?

Not easy without Exchange Server. See if anything here helps:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

Note that Outlook questions are best posted to microsoft.public.outlook.

 

[Carey Holzman]

Get web-based email. If you like Outlook, try www.eoutloook.com

Carey

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a small network between two computers in my home office and I would
like to be able to access my emails through Outlook on both of these
computers. Is it possible to share an email account through a network and if
so, how do I do this?

If you just want to read the same incoming E-mail messages on both
computers, it's easy to do, with or without a network.

Define the same E-mail account on both computers. Configure each
account to leave messages on the server -- if you don't, the first
computer to read the message will see it and the other computer won't.

To prevent messages from accumulating indefinitely on the E-mail
server, configure the E-mail account on one or both computers to
delete messages from the server: either after a specified number of
days, or when messages are deleted from the Deleted Items folder.

To configure those options in Outlook 2003, open the account's
settings, click More Settings, then click Advanced.

The computers won't be able to see each other's E-mail folders (Inbox,
Outbox, Sent, etc), but they'll be able to read the same messages.
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[Interrogative]

If you just want to read the same incoming E-mail messages on both
computers, it's easy to do, with or without a network.

Define the same E-mail account on both computers. Configure each
account to leave messages on the server -- if you don't, the first
computer to read the message will see it and the other computer won't.

Rather than doing all that, cant you just configure OE to use the OE folders
on the first machine as it's "Store Folder" where Inbox etc are?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Rather than doing all that, cant you just configure OE to use the OE
folders on the first machine as it's "Store Folder" where Inbox etc
are?

You can't point OE at a non-local drive for the message store.
You *can* point Outlook at a non-local PST, but it isn't supported, will
likely cause problems, and allows for only one instance of Outlook accessing
it at a time (OL requires exclusive access to the PST file).

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Rather than doing all that, cant you just configure OE to use the OE folders
on the first machine as it's "Store Folder" where Inbox etc are?

You can do that in Outlook Express, but it's likely to cause mail
storage corruption and lost messages. See the topic "Why can't I move
my OE5/6 files and address book to a folder on my network like I did
with OE4?" on this web page:

http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/faqs/why.htm

I think that Maynard's original question was about Outlook, not about
Outlook Express.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Interrogative]

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

You can't point OE at a non-local drive for the message store.
You *can* point Outlook at a non-local PST, but it isn't supported, will
likely cause problems, and allows for only one instance of Outlook
accessing
it at a time (OL requires exclusive access to the PST file).

OK but talking about OE for a moment, if you map the storage area on the
networked computer, cant you access that mapped point as a "local drive" and
overcome that restriction?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

You can't point OE at a non-local drive for the message store.
You *can* point Outlook at a non-local PST, but it isn't supported,
will likely cause problems, and allows for only one instance of
Outlook accessing
it at a time (OL requires exclusive access to the PST file).

OK but talking about OE for a moment, if you map the storage area on
the networked computer, cant you access that mapped point as a "local
drive" and overcome that restriction?

You can't specify any location other than a local hard drive.

 

[Guest]

I have the similiar issue as you did. My issue is that I bought a second
computer and created a home network. However, all of my "old" Mimcrosoft
Outlook calendar and folders are in my old computer on the network. Can I
copy these or make the Outlook Calendar and folders shareable between the two
computers. thanks