Outlook Connector - how to change the default location (folder) in outlook?

[francobuehlmann]

Hi

I am using Outlook Connector in order to be able to read the emails of
another inbox (based on lotus notes) in my outlook application. Since
I installed outlook connector, I have two inboxes in outlook (one is
in my "personal folder", the other one in the folder "lotus notes").

I have specified (under options\accounts) that new messages should be
deviated to the inbox in my personal folder.

However, after every restart, new messages are transferred to a folder
called "lotus notes". It seems that this is somewhere defined as a
default and I do not manage to change it. This causes problems since
all the links (calendar, tasks, contacts, ...) also get changed and I
cannot access my calendar and contact data any more. Furthermore, the
synchronisation with my mobile phone does not work either any more. I
can only regain access to this data by creating new links (every
time!) or by changing the settings again (every time!).

Does anyone have an idea where this default setting comes from? How
can I change it? I would like my personal folder to be the default.

Thanks for your help in advance. All tips are kindly appreciated.

Kind regards,
Franco

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am using Outlook Connector in order to be able to read the emails of
another inbox (based on lotus notes) in my outlook application. Since
I installed outlook connector, I have two inboxes in outlook (one is
in my "personal folder", the other one in the folder "lotus notes").

I have specified (under options\accounts) that new messages should be
deviated to the inbox in my personal folder.

However, after every restart, new messages are transferred to a folder
called "lotus notes".

If I recall correctly, with the Lotus Notes connector, the connector folders
will be the default folders, just as in an Exchange environment, the
Exchange mailbox is typiclly the default delivery location.

It seems that this is somewhere defined as a
default and I do not manage to change it. This causes problems since
all the links (calendar, tasks, contacts, ...) also get changed and I
cannot access my calendar and contact data any more.

Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next. In the "Deliver new e-mail to the
following location" drop-down, what is showing? Is it this value that you
find reverts afer you change it?

Furthermore, the
synchronisation with my mobile phone does not work either any more. I
can only regain access to this data by creating new links (every
time!) or by changing the settings again (every time!).

Your sync software most likely will sync only with the delfault folders. I
would have thought that if the Lotus Notes folders were you default, that
the sync software would use them, but perhaps the connector interferes with
that.

 

[francobuehlmann]

If I recall correctly, with the Lotus Notes connector, the connector folders
will be the default folders, just as in an Exchange environment, the
Exchange mailbox is typiclly the default delivery location.


Click Tools>E-mail Accounts>Next. In the "Deliver new e-mail to the
following location" drop-down, what is showing? Is it this value that you
find reverts afer you change it?


Your sync software most likely will sync only with the delfault folders. I
would have thought that if the Lotus Notes folders were you default, that
the sync software would use them, but perhaps the connector interferes with
that.

Hi Brian
Thanks so much for your message. It is really driving me crazy since I
cannot synchonize my organizer any more.
You are absolutely right, the connector folders are default folders
and it seems as if I cannot change this.
In the "deliver new e-mail to the following location" drop-down I can
choose between the connector folder or the personal folder. But every
time I close/open Outlook again, the connector folder is default
again. And I actually prefer to send messages via the connector Email
account (but contacts and calendar should not be synchronized!).
And you are also right that ActiveSync only seems to synchronize with
the default folders.
In order to solve my problem, I would need to be able to 1) define the
inbox of the "connector folder" as default as mailbox for outgoing
messages and 2) define the calendar and contact folder of my "personal
folder" as default. In this way, ActiveSync would still synchronize my
contacts and calendar.
However, I am not sure whether maybe the following is possible:
3) can I set up an outbox in my "personal folder" and still send my
emails via lotus notes (with or without connector?)
4) can I transfer my contacts and calendar entris from the "personal
folder" to the "connector folder"? but I am concerned that this is
less safe (I am so far only familiar with .pst files I back up
regularly) => by the way: the backup file of the connector folder has
the ending .nst (???)
Thanks for any more help. It is greatly appreciated.
Kind regards,
Franco

 

[Brian Tillman]

In order to solve my problem, I would need to be able to 1) define the
inbox of the "connector folder" as default as mailbox for outgoing
messages and 2) define the calendar and contact folder of my "personal
folder" as default. In this way, ActiveSync would still synchronize my
contacts and calendar.

Unfortunately, this isn't possible. By definition, the delivery location
defines which folders are the default folders. It's all or nothing.
However, there are third-party sync tools that can work with multiple
folders. This is one: http://www.chapura.com/pmp_wm.php

However, I am not sure whether maybe the following is possible:
3) can I set up an outbox in my "personal folder" and still send my
emails via lotus notes (with or without connector?)

Sorry, I don't have enough familiarity with the Lotus Connector to say. If
you use a POP account for mail delivery, however, you can make your outgoing
address appear to be whatever you want and if you choose the address that
matches that of your Lotus mailbox, your recipients will see the messages as
coming from that address. I don't know if it's practical for you or not,
however.

4) can I transfer my contacts and calendar entris from the "personal
folder" to the "connector folder"? but I am concerned that this is
less safe (I am so far only familiar with .pst files I back up
regularly) => by the way: the backup file of the connector folder has
the ending .nst (???)

Does Lotus Notes have a calendar? If so, you should be able to drag the
contents of yoru Personal Folders calendar to the Lotus calendar, and the
same for the Contacts folder. You don't copy the folders themselves, just
the contents.