cannot access my email when logged into another user's machine

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Paul Dania

I work in an environment where we are running an exchange
2000 Server with Outlook XP. When we install Outlook on
User's machines, we do it from a network share and
recently some users have asked if it is possible to access
their e-mail when they log into another user's machine,
they use to use Pegasus Mail and this facility is greatly
missed. Is it possible to implement this in Outlook
without using Roaming profiles. I shoul add that roaming
profiles will be impossible because we run XP and 98.
 
You can use OWA as well as an easy workaround.

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Thanks for your contribution but we are not interested in
using Outlook Web Access because our company policy will
not allow it. I am aware it can be done without having to
do this. Please help me!!!
 
Paul said:
Thanks for your contribution but we are not interested in
using Outlook Web Access because our company policy will
not allow it.
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Why on earth not? It's installed by default - and opening up OWA internally
constitutes no security threat whatsoever. If you are allowed to read your
mail in Outlook, why can't you read the same data in OWA? This sounds silly.

I am aware it can be done without having to
do this. Please help me!!!
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Without using roaming profiles, you'll have to change your outlook profile
settings when you log in as yourself to the workstations, for each one. And
for Win9x you'll need to make sure user profiles are enabled so everyone
gets their own desktop. To be honest, OWA is definitely going to be easier.

 
It may sound silly to you but OWA does not come with a
lot of features e.g your signatures are not displayed and
it doesn't have a lot of text editing stuff. It is just
not possible without roaming profiles. Again, how can
you implement roaming profiles in an environment where
you have windows XP alongside 98?
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Why on earth not? It's installed by default - and opening up OWA internally
constitutes no security threat whatsoever. If you are allowed to read your
mail in Outlook, why can't you read the same data in OWA? This sounds silly.

I am aware it can be done without having to

Without using roaming profiles, you'll have to change your outlook profile
settings when you log in as yourself to the
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workstations, for each one. And
 
Create a prf-file with the Office Resource Kit and have that executed with
the logon-script or place it on a location where everyone can easily access
it. Use the variable %username% so you'll only have to use 1 prf-file for
your company.

If you also want to have signatures and such you'll have to create a
registry edit as well which redirects the Signatures folder (and other
folders if needed) to a network location. You might have to let your script
check whether the OS is Windows 98 or Windows XP so the folder gets
redirected properly. Again; have this executed with a logonscript or place
it on a location that users can easily access.

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It may sound silly to you but OWA does not come with a
lot of features e.g your signatures are not displayed and
it doesn't have a lot of text editing stuff.
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Ah, this is true - I thought there was perhaps some 'security' reason it
wasn't allowed - I misunderstood. Might want to look at www.messageware.com
.....

It is just
not possible without roaming profiles. Again, how can
you implement roaming profiles in an environment where
you have windows XP alongside 98?
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You can use roaming profiles with both just fine - it's only when you have a
mix of NT/2k/XP clients that it gets messy. XP will store the profile in the
profiles share specified in the account properties on the server - 9x will
store it in the user's home directory. Of course, it isn't ideal, and if you
truly have a lot of roaming going on, standardizing on a single client OS
will make life a lot easier (each user won't need two distinct profiles)

Roady's suggestion sounds pretty good, too, if you can make it work for
you....
 
Thanks very much roady, we will try and implement this in
future, at the moment I think we will leave things as they
are. I did waste a lot of time trying to work this out
though.
 
You're welcome and good luck! Just on a side note; saying "No" as an
administrator doesn't make you a bad administrator. You've got a network to
think of and configuring your domain this way just to please some users is a
big stability threat (and not just alone because of Windows 98 :-D).

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