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Old March 25th 08, 02:42 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
tralston555
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Default Account info in pst file

The PST file (personal file folder), where Outlook stores email, contact,
calendar, etc information is currently not setup to include account
information. Things like email account setup, or whatever you'd find in the
Accounts window. It's not a big problem when initially setting up your
accounts. When you work in IT like I do, I'm responsible for saving the PST
of a given computer and formatting the hard drive and reinstalling
everything, then replacing the PST. The can happen several times in a year
for any one person's computer. When specifying under Data File Management
(Outlook 2007), I can just add the new PST file and remove the generic one.
But I ALWAYS have to go back in and add the email account information (like
pop3, smtp addresses, usernames, passwords, ports, etc).

Since that naturally relates to the very emails I see in the PST files, can
we include the account info in those files too? If there's a concern about
security, maybe there can be an option in the export settings for PST to not
include account info when exporting (but the info would still reside on the
original PST file under Local Settings/Application Data/...../Outlook/).

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Old March 25th 08, 04:11 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
Diane Poremsky {MVP}
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Default Account info in pst file

Typically, in a corporate environment you'd use roaming profiles (windows)
and the account would be there when the user logged on the machine. Or you'd
use prf files-either in a logon script or in the workstation image.

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"tralston555" wrote in message
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The PST file (personal file folder), where Outlook stores email, contact,
calendar, etc information is currently not setup to include account
information. Things like email account setup, or whatever you'd find in
the
Accounts window. It's not a big problem when initially setting up your
accounts. When you work in IT like I do, I'm responsible for saving the
PST
of a given computer and formatting the hard drive and reinstalling
everything, then replacing the PST. The can happen several times in a year
for any one person's computer. When specifying under Data File Management
(Outlook 2007), I can just add the new PST file and remove the generic
one.
But I ALWAYS have to go back in and add the email account information
(like
pop3, smtp addresses, usernames, passwords, ports, etc).

Since that naturally relates to the very emails I see in the PST files,
can
we include the account info in those files too? If there's a concern about
security, maybe there can be an option in the export settings for PST to
not
include account info when exporting (but the info would still reside on
the
original PST file under Local Settings/Application Data/...../Outlook/).

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...installat ion

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Old March 25th 08, 08:38 AM posted to microsoft.public.outlook.installation
tralston555
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Default Account info in pst file

That's true. I agree that this is the case for the corporate work
environment. I however am working for a small business which does not take
advantage of Exchange Server. Microsoft has been very thoughtful in the past
and has catered to the needs of not only the enterprising corporate users but
the small business users, and even the casual home users. I can say myself
that this feature would be useful even for my own personal home use. As a
matter of habit I format my computer every four to six months to keep things
running smoothly, and I have the problem previously mentioned. I can't use a
roaming profile on a non-domain computer, so this feature would decrease the
time needed to restore previous data. It's not a huge huge issue that
developers need to stew over for several months, I just think that the open
and welcome environment promoted here in feature requesting encouraged me to
say something.

"Diane Poremsky {MVP}" wrote:

Typically, in a corporate environment you'd use roaming profiles (windows)
and the account would be there when the user logged on the machine. Or you'd
use prf files-either in a logon script or in the workstation image.

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:


Outlook Tips:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/
Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com
Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:


** Please include your Outlook version, Account type, and Windows Version
when requesting assistance **


"tralston555" wrote in message
...
The PST file (personal file folder), where Outlook stores email, contact,
calendar, etc information is currently not setup to include account
information. Things like email account setup, or whatever you'd find in
the
Accounts window. It's not a big problem when initially setting up your
accounts. When you work in IT like I do, I'm responsible for saving the
PST
of a given computer and formatting the hard drive and reinstalling
everything, then replacing the PST. The can happen several times in a year
for any one person's computer. When specifying under Data File Management
(Outlook 2007), I can just add the new PST file and remove the generic
one.
But I ALWAYS have to go back in and add the email account information
(like
pop3, smtp addresses, usernames, passwords, ports, etc).

Since that naturally relates to the very emails I see in the PST files,
can
we include the account info in those files too? If there's a concern about
security, maybe there can be an option in the export settings for PST to
not
include account info when exporting (but the info would still reside on
the
original PST file under Local Settings/Application Data/...../Outlook/).

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...installat ion

 




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