I am using Outlook 2003. I exported my calendar content from my
desktop to my laptop via a pst file. I want to use outlook on the
laptop for the calendar only (at this time). When I fire up outlook,
it asks 3 times for my user info to connect to a mail server; I cancel
them all. I then banish away the warning message window which
complains about being unable to complete the tasks of connecting to
the server. Needless to say, this is a royal PITA. I hunted around
the options for a good long time, but the only ones that seemed to
lessen the problem is Tools-Options-MailSetup-Send/Recieve...button
This brings up a panel for Send/Receive Groups. I have only 1 group
and 1 account.

I want to keep that account because it contains all the nitty gritty
details for connecting to the server -- I just don't want to connect
to it for the time being. The account is IMAP (in case it matters).

The one group is "All Accounts", which I can't erase (so I'm warned by
a dialogue box). I tried editting that group so that: (1) The Inbox
for my account is unchecked, and (2) the "Include the selected account
in this group" is unchecked. This gets rid of 2 out of 3 dialogue
boxes asking me to enter user authentication info to connect to the
server. It also got rid of the warning window that complains about
being unable to complete connection tasks. There is one remaining
connection dialogue box to get rid of. I'd appreciate any suggestions
on how to do this.