Outlook on 2 networked computers - one email account - a hiccup

[Rod Davies]

Hi

We (my wife and I) run a small home network, via a Draytek Vigor Router.

We share ONE email account...always have.

She runs WINXP Pro, Outlook 2003
I now run Vista Home Premium & Outlook 2007

If she turns her computer on before me, SHE gets all the new email
If I turn mine on before hers, I get all the new email

Neither of us can see, on our respective PCs, ANY email that has initially
been received by the other's PC.

I am sure, 100% SURE, before I went to Vista and Outlook 2007, both of us,
irrespective of when we started our respective PCs, each received ALL new
emails.

Am I missing something? I havent changed any email configuration
settings...that I'm aware of, anyway!

Rgds
Rod
Perth

 

[Gordon]

Hi

We (my wife and I) run a small home network, via a Draytek Vigor Router.

We share ONE email account...always have.

She runs WINXP Pro, Outlook 2003
I now run Vista Home Premium & Outlook 2007

If she turns her computer on before me, SHE gets all the new email
If I turn mine on before hers, I get all the new email

Neither of us can see, on our respective PCs, ANY email that has initially
been received by the other's PC.

I am sure, 100% SURE, before I went to Vista and Outlook 2007, both of us,
irrespective of when we started our respective PCs, each received ALL new
emails.

Am I missing something? I havent changed any email configuration
settings...that I'm aware of, anyway!

Check that both instances of Outlook have "Keep a copy on the server"
checked...
(In 2007 go to Tools-Account Settings, highlight the account, click on
Change, go to More Settings, click in Advanced . Outlook 2003 is similar)

HTH