Outlook 2007 confused by profiles?

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Peter Wall

I have two profiles configured. One is for my personal pop/smtp emails the
other is for accessing my work exchange server when connected through VPN.

If I start up Outlook using the first profile the normal send/receive doesn't
start; in fact Outlook goes into "Not responding" mode temporarily.

I used MS Net Monitor to see if I could work out what was happening and found
that Outlook was attempting to access my exchange server despite the fact
that it is only referred to in the other profile.

Any thoughts?

Cheers, Peter
 
Peter Wall said:
I used MS Net Monitor to see if I could work out what was happening
and found that Outlook was attempting to access my exchange server
despite the fact that it is only referred to in the other profile.

Any thoughts?
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My first thought is that I just don't see how this can happen. Do you have
the option enabled to prompt for the profile when Outlook starts?
 
Hello Brian,

I absolutely agree and I never experienced this with Outlook 2003.

Yes, I do get prompted to select the profile at startup.

Cheers, Peter.
 
Peter Wall said:
I absolutely agree and I never experienced this with Outlook 2003.

Yes, I do get prompted to select the profile at startup.
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Well, I've got pretty much the same setup at home (two profiles - one POP
and one Exchange, the latter for VPN use). I'll see what happens for me.
 
I look forward to hearing how you get on.

Brian Tillman said:
Well, I've got pretty much the same setup at home (two profiles - one POP
and one Exchange, the latter for VPN use). I'll see what happens for me.
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Do you have any add-ins that start with your computer, like Infuzer for example? It will start a stub of Outlook with the first profile it finds, and in your case, it sounds like the Exchange profile is the first it finds.

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After furious head scratching, Peter Wall asked:

| I have two profiles configured. One is for my personal pop/smtp
| emails the other is for accessing my work exchange server when
| connected through VPN.
|
| If I start up Outlook using the first profile the normal send/receive
| doesn't start; in fact Outlook goes into "Not responding" mode
| temporarily.
|
| I used MS Net Monitor to see if I could work out what was happening
| and found that Outlook was attempting to access my exchange server
| despite the fact that it is only referred to in the other profile.
|
| Any thoughts?
|
| Cheers, Peter.
 
Hello Milly,

Specifically an Outlook add-in? The only thing I can think of is Norton IS
2007's Junk email tooling.

Cheers, Peter.
 
Peter Wall said:
I look forward to hearing how you get on.
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I'm afraid I can't duplicate your problem. I worked on it for a couple of
hours last night and my two profiles never interfered with each other.
Sorry.
 
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