More Weird Behavior with Multiple Profiles Sharing a Common PST

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Major Malfunction

I've already posted about e-mails bypassing filters when switching profiles,
but now I've discovered a new problem.

I have three e-mail profiles on my PC. All three accounts use the same PST
so I have a common address book, calendar, etc. For simplicity's sake, we
will call them A, B and C. This morning I opened up my C profile to check my
e-mail. This is a relatively low volume account and is for business only. I
was in the middle of long reply when I heard my incoming chime announcing
new mail. No envelope was in the task bar, so I ignored it. After I sent my
reply, I checked the deleted file and found a bunch of new e-mails. One was
from a legitimate address, but it was sent to the A account, not C. I did
not touch the others as they were obvious spam, so I am presuming they were
not for my C account.

Why is this happening? I still have the problem of the filters not working
for the first received e-mail when changing profiles. If I use account C,
close Outlook and then go to one of the others, lets say B, the first
message always goes to the Inbox, even if it's not supposed to. All
remaining e-mails are filtered.

Oh yes, and if I send an e-mail from any of these accounts, I have to go
into Task Manager when I'm done to close the process or my inbox fills up
with unsorted mail. This last also happens on another computer that only has
one e-mail profile, so I know that's not the issue here. Microsoft refuses
to acknowledge this last problem even though several other people have
reported it. This last problem has been reported with Outlook 2000, and I
think Outlook 2003, under Windows 2000 and Win XP, so it looks like an
Outlook issue, not an OS problem.
 
The main issue here is that you are sharing the PST. That is not supported
and not recommended.

Bill R [MVP]
 
I used to use Outlook 2000. On this I had three profiles, one for home using ADSL, one for the office using the network and one for a modem used when travelling. They all used the same PST so that ther was a common address book etc. Does your answer to the above problme mena that I cannot do the same thing in Outlook 2003.
 
You can do it but you are likely to have issues. I've also used a single PST
for multiple profiles (I don't anymore).I'd look at alternatives such as
shared access to Contacts via WSS or MSN 9 Premium, leaving a copy of
messages on the server in one account, synchronising PSTs ....

Bill R [MVP]
 
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