Purpose of folder home pages

[Bluebonnet]

Hello, I've been exploring all the features of my new Outlook 2007 and came
across "Home Page" in the properties for folders. I tried it out, but I'm
not sure I really understand the concept...if I click "Show homepage by
default for this folder", the homepage comes up, but the mail messages in
that folder disappear. But, if I set up a homepage and don't check that box,
the home page doesn't appear anywhwere. Am I doing something wrong here?
And under what circumstances would one be most likely to use this feature?
Thank you!!!
Curious Outlook User

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

You're not doing anything wrong. The purpose of a folder home page is to show a web page *instead* of the normal contents of a folder. Folder home pages are rarely used by individual users. They're mostly used by developers of applications based on Outlook.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Bluebonnet]

Sue, Thanks so much for indulging my curiosity...I love "digging in" when I
get a new program, and this one had me stumped. Makes sense now!