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Old April 4th 06, 08:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Spudy
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Default How to Use One PST file on Two Computers?

Hello:

I have a desktop machine with a pst file in my Outlook 2003. I would
like to copy this pst file to my laptop. How do I synchronize the same
file on 2 machines so I won't get duplicate e-mails? I use one premium
Yahoo e-mail account and several free Yahoo accounts with YahooPOPs..

Thanks in advance,
Spudy
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Old April 4th 06, 02:41 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
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Default How to Use One PST file on Two Computers?

Hi Spudy,

it is not possible by default to share PST files.

A list of a list of third-party synctools are also on this site:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm

On the Microsoft Office Marketplace site is a list of third-party messaging
tools:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ma...719621033.aspx

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Hello:

I have a desktop machine with a pst file in my Outlook 2003. I would
like to copy this pst file to my laptop. How do I synchronize the same
file on 2 machines so I won't get duplicate e-mails? I use one premium
Yahoo e-mail account and several free Yahoo accounts with YahooPOPs..

Thanks in advance,
Spudy



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Old April 4th 06, 07:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Brian Tillman
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Default How to Use One PST file on Two Computers?

Spudy wrote:

I have a desktop machine with a pst file in my Outlook 2003. I would
like to copy this pst file to my laptop. How do I synchronize the same
file on 2 machines so I won't get duplicate e-mails? I use one premium
Yahoo e-mail account and several free Yahoo accounts with YahooPOPs..


Since the information detailing what had been downloaded and what has not is
not kept in the PST, even if you do use the same PST on both PCs, if you
receive from the same account(s) on each PC you *will* get duplicates if you
select the option to leave messages one the server.

That said, put the PST in a network-shared folder on one PC and reference
that same PST on both PCs. As long as you don't run Outlook simultaneously
on the two machines, it should work. Be sure to back the PST up often,
though, because network-shared PSTs are subject to corruption.
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Old April 5th 06, 07:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Spudy
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Default How to Use One PST file on Two Computers?

Thanks so much, Brian. I will try that.

Spudy.

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 13:11:02 -0400, "Brian Tillman"
wrote:

Spudy wrote:

I have a desktop machine with a pst file in my Outlook 2003. I would
like to copy this pst file to my laptop. How do I synchronize the same
file on 2 machines so I won't get duplicate e-mails? I use one premium
Yahoo e-mail account and several free Yahoo accounts with YahooPOPs..


Since the information detailing what had been downloaded and what has not is
not kept in the PST, even if you do use the same PST on both PCs, if you
receive from the same account(s) on each PC you *will* get duplicates if you
select the option to leave messages one the server.

That said, put the PST in a network-shared folder on one PC and reference
that same PST on both PCs. As long as you don't run Outlook simultaneously
on the two machines, it should work. Be sure to back the PST up often,
though, because network-shared PSTs are subject to corruption.


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Old April 5th 06, 07:01 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Spudy
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Default How to Use One PST file on Two Computers?

Thanks so much Oliver. I will go look at those links now.

Spudy

On Tue, 4 Apr 2006 14:41:04 +0200, "Oliver Vukovics"
wrote:

Hi Spudy,

it is not possible by default to share PST files.

A list of a list of third-party synctools are also on this site:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm

On the Microsoft Office Marketplace site is a list of third-party messaging
tools:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ma...719621033.aspx


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Old April 5th 06, 03:12 PM posted to microsoft.public.outlook
Brian Tillman
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Default How to Use One PST file on Two Computers?

Brian Tillman wrote:

Since the information detailing what had been downloaded and what has
not is not kept in the PST,


There is some indication now that it is, but even if that is the case,
moving the PST from one machine to another invalidates the data is such a
way that it may as well not be kept there.
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