Using Outlook over a network.

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Daniel Lamb

I am running Outlook 2002. To cut down on e-mail confusion, I have limited
all e-mail activity to my laptop. However, at the office and at home I
prefer to use my desktop PC.

While it very well may be possible, is there any drawback to having either
desktop PC accessing the PST file for Outlook located on my laptop over a
network? Of course, Outlook will not be usable on either Desktop machine
when the laptop is not plugged into the network, unless an alternate folder
is indicated. Will pointers as to e-mail messages read vs not read be
messed up? If I have Outlook open on both the desktop and the laptop, can I
access e-mails and not be worried about file protection errors of having a
file open in two locations?
 
You can't open a single PST file from two computers at the same time. Also,
MS does not recommend that you use a PST file stored on a mapped network
drive. I'd keep the PST file on your laptop and use it from there only....if
you want to make sure it gets backed up, you can do it manually or see
something like SecondCopy 2000 from www.centered.com - it allows you to
copy/sync folders on different computers on a network. It won't work with
any files that are opened.
 
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