Is it possible/advisable for 2 clients to access the same mailbox?

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Hi,

I have a requirement for 2 PCs logged on with the same person/username to
access the same Exchange 2003 mailbox simultaneously using Outlook 2003.
Would this be possible and would it cause any undesired effects?


Cheers,
Timjibs
 
This is fine and I would recommend that you disable cached mode. (Note: I'm
assuming both are desktops that are always connected to corporate network.)
 
Thanks for the swift response, neo.

Yes, both machines are desktops and always connected.

May I ask what the reason for disabling cached mode is? I assume that mails
cached on a PC which are no longer on the server can cause problems?


Regards,
Timjibs
 
I routinely use 3 or 4 computers against the same inbox... my only problem
is with junk mail - you can't disable it on one machine and have it on
another so you'll get duplicates in the junk email folder and if you mark a
message as not junk, the other machine might still mark it as junk. Not
using cached mode on both computers will help in this area.

I only use server side rules so I don't have problems with rules duplicating
messages, but client side rules could cause problems - mostly just
duplicates.

Also - make sure both machine are using the exchange mailbox, not a pst. A
pst will remove all mail from the server. :(
 
Thanks for the advice Diane,
Much appreciated.

Diane Poremsky said:
I routinely use 3 or 4 computers against the same inbox... my only problem
is with junk mail - you can't disable it on one machine and have it on
another so you'll get duplicates in the junk email folder and if you mark a
message as not junk, the other machine might still mark it as junk. Not
using cached mode on both computers will help in this area.

I only use server side rules so I don't have problems with rules duplicating
messages, but client side rules could cause problems - mostly just
duplicates.

Also - make sure both machine are using the exchange mailbox, not a pst. A
pst will remove all mail from the server. :(
 
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