I have to ask, is there no work around?
What if he chose to import the pst without duplicates or something along
those lines, on to the laptop?
Also uncertain to me is he referring to something like exchange server or
his ISP's?
It would seem that if he set his desktop to delete messages from the server,
when he replaced the pst file on his laptop everything would be fine. Except
maybe messages that only existed on the laptop where he might again import
non-duplicates.

Or is this a bunch of "if you touch it, you break it!"
Which will bring me to a post of my own if I don't find the answer with my
searching.

Norman

"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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Michael Kairys wrote:

I run Outlook on a desktop and laptop. Both are set to save messages
on server. I consider the desktop the "master" and periodically I
want to copy its PST file to the laptop. However when I do, the next
time I receive on the laptop I re-download huge numbers of message
(everything still on the server perhaps?) and end up with a huge
duplicate problem.

What can I do about this?

Nothing. Each PC keeps track on its own of the messages that have been
downloaded and that information is not tied to the PST in any way. I
believe it's kept in the mail profile in the Registry, not it's hard to
say
because Microsoft hasn't published that info.
--
Brian Tillman