My Outlook dilemma
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From: Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert on 9 Mar 2010 17:12 On 3/9/2010 1:22 PM, Horsepower wrote: > So since Microsoft online services forces creating it's own profile, I > can set up all of my email and rss accounts in the new profile, then > import the calendar and contacts into the new profile. I just need to > have the last 2 months of only the pop emails imported as well. That way > I don't have to go to 2 different profiles within Outlook. It's very > confusing. Thank you. > (after that) hope my pda sync's correctly. > > It's actually easier. Login to your newly created profile. As a user of Online Services, I know what you mean by forced profile creation. It's the sign-in app that causes trouble. Recreate your account settings. Reattach your old PST files. Do not import them. Just re-attach them by going to File -> Open -> Outlook Data File. I am going to test a procedure to automate all this. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Try Exchange Online http://bit.ly/free-exchange-trial Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :)
From: Horsepower on 9 Mar 2010 23:51 Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert;130926 Wrote: > On 3/9/2010 1:22 PM, Horsepower wrote:[color=blue] > It's actually easier. > > Login to your newly created profile. As a user of Online Services, I > know what you mean by forced profile creation. It's the sign-in app > that > causes trouble. > Recreate your account settings. > Reattach your old PST files. Do not import them. Just re-attach them > by > going to File -> Open -> Outlook Data File. > > I am going to test a procedure to automate all this. > -- > Leonid S. Knyshov > Crashproof Solutions > 510-282-1008 > Twitter: @wiseleo > http://crashproofsolutions.com > Microsoft Small Business Specialist > Try Exchange Online http://bit.ly/free-exchange-trial > Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :) Well, that sounded easy but here's what happened. I let the sign in app create the new profile, then I opened my old "Outlook" pst file, but there were no email accounts in there, just the exchange account. So I thought I would add them and ended up with two copies of everything. So I killed the new profile and I am back to checking exchange separately through the web again. BTW I lost all of my exchange emails. -- Horsepower http://forums.slipstick.com
From: Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert on 10 Mar 2010 02:36 On 3/9/2010 8:51 PM, Horsepower wrote: > Well, that sounded easy but here's what happened. I let the sign in app > create the new profile, then I opened my old "Outlook" pst file, but > there were no email accounts in there, just the exchange account. So I > thought I would add them and ended up with two copies of everything. So > I killed the new profile and I am back to checking exchange separately > through the web again. BTW I lost all of my exchange emails. > Sorry, that defies logic. Yes, you would have two of everything. The idea was to transition from one Outlook profile to another. It is very difficult to actually lose Exchange e-mail, especially when hosted by Microsoft, and would be very hard to do unless you used POP3 to access it. My recommendation would be to work with someone locally to explain to you how this works. It's not complicated to setup everything as it used to be. -- Leonid S. Knyshov Crashproof Solutions 510-282-1008 Twitter: @wiseleo http://crashproofsolutions.com Microsoft Small Business Specialist Try Exchange Online http://bit.ly/free-exchange-trial Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :)
From: Horsepower on 10 Mar 2010 09:02 Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert;131043 Wrote: > On 3/9/2010 8:51 PM, Horsepower wrote:[color=blue] > Sorry, that defies logic. > > Yes, you would have two of everything. The idea was to transition from > one Outlook profile to another. > > It is very difficult to actually lose Exchange e-mail, especially when > hosted by Microsoft, and would be very hard to do unless you used POP3 > to access it. > > My recommendation would be to work with someone locally to explain to > you how this works. It's not complicated to setup everything as it > used > to be. > -- > Leonid S. Knyshov > Crashproof Solutions > 510-282-1008 > Twitter: @wiseleo > http://crashproofsolutions.com > Microsoft Small Business Specialist > Try Exchange Online http://bit.ly/free-exchange-trial > Please vote "helpful" if I helped you :) Thank you for your involvement. After your advice, I printed a help file from Office online. I changed the default ost to the old pst and it sucked the emails off the exchange server, so I didn't actually lose them, This has really been a pain, because with exchange 2003 I used pop and all worked to my satisfaction. I am now torn between using OWA, continuing to try to get it like it used to be, or just having my admin forward it to an different email account. You have been very helpful. BTW: I have instant notification set, and slipstick safelisted, but I never get notified? -- Horsepower http://forums.slipstick.com
From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on 10 Mar 2010 09:45
"Horsepower" <Horsepower.47ksjm(a)invalid> wrote in message news:Horsepower.47ksjm(a)invalid... > So since Microsoft online services forces creating it's own profile, I > can set up all of my email and rss accounts in the new profile, then > import the calendar and contacts into the new profile. I don't believe this is true. Why do you believe an new profile is created? Mail folder sets are not profiles. > I just need to > have the last 2 months of only the pop emails imported as well. That way > I don't have to go to 2 different profiles within Outlook. It's very > confusing. Thank you. > (after that) hope my pda sync's correctly. Never import information from PSTs. You will lose data. Just include those PSTs in the same mail profile. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |