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March 2, 2001 at 1:41 am #2117492
HHEELLLLLLPPPP !!! MS outlook
Lockedby topbudgetcomputers · about 23 years, 1 month ago
HELP! MS Outlook Networking
I NEED HELP. I have networked a few computers together in a peer to peer system and am using win98. I shall be migrating to (win2k Pro later). I also use MS Outlook for my small business. I urgently need to configure all my computers to use MS Outlook that is on my machine. i.e. I need to map my MS Outlook so that my secretary and other staff can all access and use the very same MS Outlook.
Can someone please explain how this can be done in simple steps.
I havetried to create a shortcut from my desktop to other desktops, but it does not work. I really need this by tomorrow evening and would appreciate all the help.
You can contact me directly on fsec@freeuk.com or post a reply on this site.
Thanks,
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March 2, 2001 at 2:26 am #3856961
Install Exchange
by habsrule · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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You need to have an Exchange mail server installed on your network, with ID’s and mailboxes setup for each user. If your peer network has Internet access, you could also go out on the Internet and setup free email Internet accounts. For example, at Yahoo.com.
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March 2, 2001 at 4:15 pm #3857298
Yes Install Exchange but first…
by freddo frog · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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Great Idea, install Exchange Server but what I would do prior to this is find a brick wall and start hitting it with your head, really, really hard & lots of times. This will prepare you for the joys of running another dog of a program from MS.
I know what I’m talking about here as I used to spend most of my time patching, maintaining etc Exchange on a small network. Now I’m supporting about 15 times the number of users on Linux mail servers. Sure we still have email problems but nowhere near the dramas as using Exchange Server.-
March 2, 2001 at 10:33 pm #3857236
Reply To: HHEELLLLLLPPPP !!! MS outlook
by topbudgetcomputers · about 23 years, 1 month ago
In reply to Yes Install Exchange but first…
Aaaahhhh Linux. Good old linux.
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March 2, 2001 at 2:27 am #3856956
Outlook
by habsrule · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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If you are trying to setup your network so that everyone can run your installed copy of Outlook, that will not work. Each person needs a copy installed on their own computer.
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March 2, 2001 at 3:32 am #3856898
outlook on all machines
by topbudgetcomputers · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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I have outlook installed on all machines, I need them to read the files on my machine. i.e. all machines should be able to access my files. Your help will be appreciated
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March 2, 2001 at 3:39 am #3856892
folders / permissions
by jjffdd · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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have you tried to add a public folder – share it with appropriate permissions
share your mailbox and configure the other users to have their outlook open that mailbox as well on start up
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March 2, 2001 at 4:24 am #3856868
Properties
by habsrule · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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If its a mailbox folder you want to share. Right click on the folder, then select Properties, then select Permissions to give other access to the mailfolder.
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March 2, 2001 at 5:48 am #3856811
QnA…?
by edward clint · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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Just curious, did you post this in QnA as well? seems more fitting there.
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March 2, 2001 at 6:15 am #3856788
QnA
by topbudgetcomputers · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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No, but thanks for the tip. Will try it there also
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March 2, 2001 at 12:07 pm #3858401
Reply To: HHEELLLLLLPPPP !!! MS outlook
by paul · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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The simple answer is that you need to share the directory that your outlook.pst file is in (on my Win 98 machine, outlook.pst is in c:\windows\local settings\application data\microsoft\outlook). The other users need access to the file and must open it in their copy of Outlook. Remember each user must have their own version of Outlook installed, it can’t be run from your machin.
How you share the directory is slightly more complicated, but if you’ve setup the network I assume you know about that!
Paul
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March 2, 2001 at 1:19 pm #3858387
Reply To: HHEELLLLLLPPPP !!! MS outlook
by topbudgetcomputers · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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Thanks Paul. I had already shared the folder which had the pst file in it, but could not open it from other machines. In outlook, when I go to File, Open, Personal file (*,pst)…. , and browse to my other machine, I cannot get it to open. Also, in which folder is the mail stored?
I have never used outlook. I have stuck with other PIMs and Eudora. I only use word and excel. My scretary uses outlook.
Thanks for your help,
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March 3, 2001 at 2:32 am #3857196
Sharing Outlook.pst
by paul · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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What can you not get to open? The other machine, the folder or the .pst file itself?
The outlook.pst file is stored in c:\windows\local settting\application data\microsoft\outlook\ (where c:\ is the drive you run Windows from).
Just to clarify, this is Outlook we are talking about and not Outlook Express (two different packages).
Paul
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March 3, 2001 at 9:50 am #3857138
Reply To: HHEELLLLLLPPPP !!! MS outlook
by topbudgetcomputers · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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Hi Paul,
It is the pst file itself that I cannot open. Let me put it this way. I have outlook on my machine A. It is networked (peer to peer) to another machine B also having outlook installed on it (both are outlook 2000, not outlook express). I send an email from my machine (machine A) to some body say in France. My secretary needs to see the email (and other contact and address files such as calendar and to do lists) from her machine (machine B). I also need to access her outlook files created when she uses outlook 2000 on her machine.
The question is HOW ??? How can she see my files and me see her files?
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March 3, 2001 at 2:19 pm #3857072
Adding personal folders
by namrewsna · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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Try this. From Outlook 2000, display the folder list. Right click “Personal Folder”, and select “Add personal folder”, then navigate to the outlook.pst on your machine. This should add a second complete set of folders to your secretary’s folder tree. After that, right click the new folder, and select properties, then the advanced tab at the bottom to rename your folder so she doesn’t confussed.
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March 4, 2001 at 1:30 am #3857996
Reply To: HHEELLLLLLPPPP !!! MS outlook
by topbudgetcomputers · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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Thanks. I shall try it and let you know. Aain thanks for every ones help
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March 4, 2001 at 3:49 am #3857968
Reply To: HHEELLLLLLPPPP !!! MS outlook
by topbudgetcomputers · about 23 years, 1 month ago
In reply to Adding personal folders
It either does not work or I am stupid. When I open outlook 2000, and click on File, and go on to Folder, I do not get ‘Personal Folder,’. what am I doing wrong? Can you be patient and give me instructions step by step?
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March 4, 2001 at 4:11 am #3857962
Folder View
by namrewsna · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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Under View, select Folder List, then follow the previous instructions.
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March 4, 2001 at 6:14 am #3857941
Personal Folder Locked
by ewing bettles · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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When Outlook has a personal folder open, it is locked for exclusive use by that application. Even if you have a .pst file available in a shared environment, only one Outlook session at a time will be able to open and use it – all other Outlook users will be denied access until it is closed by the original outlook session.
Outlooks’ corporate/workgroup environment requires an Exchange Server to use either public folders that all can access at once, or shared private folders (the private folder is actually stored on the server and access control is based on other Exchange mail accounts).
You don’t mention what type of internet mail service you are using, but another solution might be to find one that offers IMAP. IMAP folders are stored on the internet mail server and local mail apps just syncronize local message copies with them – each of your users could then log into the same IMAP account. The biggest problem with this is that Microsoft’s IMAP client isn’t Outlook, it’s Outlook Express.
The bottom line is that to utilize workgroup features, Outlook requires an Exchange Server.
Good luck, -Ewing
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March 4, 2001 at 10:26 am #3857900
no Outlook file sharing => Net Folder
by suemvp · about 23 years, 1 month ago
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Outlook 97/98/2000 does not support file-based sharing of data. If you can’t afford a client-server approach, such as Microsoft Exchange Server, you should try the built-in peer-to-peer sharing that Outlook provides. It’s called Net Folders and works via e-mail. Once you share a folder, Outlook keeps a copy updated in other user’s Outlook folders by automatically distributing special e-mail messages. I’ve posted detailed information at http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/netfolders.htm. Net Folders is worth trying, but it doesn’t always work reliably and can be the devil to troubleshoot. Still, it’s free.
I’ve listed other possible sharing approaches at http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm. The web-based tools may be the most promising, assuming you all have a good Internet connection.
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March 7, 2001 at 5:18 am #3670387
Perhaps an easier and cheaper workaround
by tonyp_fno · about 23 years ago
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I know installing Exchange will work and I doubt that sharing your pst file will ever work the way you want. I will make a few assumptions that everyone does not have their own email account and basically just need the info out of your email folders. I think that a simple export of the .pst folder and import on their PC’s will at least give them all your letters addresses etc. If your needs are not immediate then this can be done routinely and everyone will have very similar information with yours being the most current. I know it is probably not the interventionless method you hoped for but I think being a small business it would be a real chore to buy, install and learn how to operate Exchange server.
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