Two users, one laptop, one Outlook?

[Guest]

I'm running Outlook 2003 on a laptop that I use for connecting to work and
for home use. I have two user accounts set up under XP, one for each role
(but I am the only physical user of the laptop). I connect to my employer's
Exchange server via VPN and I have offline caching enabled. On the home
front, I have a personal POP3 email account.

What I would like to do is share the Calendar, Tasks, Notes, etc between the
work and home users--but keep the email separate. It sounds as though this
is possible when both log-ins are non-Exchange because the same PST can be
referenced; but I've not seen any advice on how to share the non-email PIM
info when one account is Exchange and the other is not. The immediate
problem that I run into is that the Exchange data is in an OST, which serves
a different purpose than a PST and is clearly not interchangeable.

I would settle for a way to run Outlook with one profile containing both
email accounts; but since Outlook's config is kept in user-specific folders,
this is not straightforward.

Any ideas on how I might make this work?

Thanks,
John

 

[Brian Tillman]

What I would like to do is share the Calendar, Tasks, Notes, etc
between the work and home users--but keep the email separate.

You can certainly share a PST between the Windows users but sharing the
Calendar, Tasks, Notes, etc. would result in the Exchange data needing to be
downloaded to your laptop and removed from the Exchange server so that the
other Windows user could see it. The OST you have would then become
worthless for offline work (although that won't matter if everything is in a
local PST). The problem with that is if you have OWA available, you
couldn't use it, since the Exchange server would be empty and also you
wouldn't be able to have anyone see your Calendar or be a delegate for you.

It sounds as though this is possible when both log-ins are non-Exchange
because the same PST can be referenced;

With that arrangement, you have nothing different than two mail accounts in
the same mail profile. Two POP accounts within the same mail profile also
share all folders, including the mail folders, as would two Windows users
using the same PST. The best you can do in this case is rules that move
one account's messages to another PST.

but I've not seen any advice
on how to share the non-email PIM info when one account is Exchange
and the other is not. The immediate problem that I run into is that
the Exchange data is in an OST, which serves a different purpose than
a PST and is clearly not interchangeable.

The Exchange data is on the Exchange server. The OST is merely a reflection
of that server that gives you the ability to work offline when you're away
from the server.

I would settle for a way to run Outlook with one profile containing
both email accounts; but since Outlook's config is kept in
user-specific folders, this is not straightforward.

It is very straight-forward. One Windows user, one mail profile, two
accounts. The delivery location is Exchange and Rules move mail received
via the personal account to its own PST.