Same address on multiple PCs over wired LAN

[Andrew]

Hi,

I want to share Outlook (same email address) over a wired LAN. I want to
work from any PC and be able to see my incoming emails and send them. I have
looked through this discussion group and understand you can't share the .pst
folder but that isn't my concern. I believe there is some setting I need to
make on the main PC with the modem attached to it and another setting on the
clients.

I've seen this on a Windows help page but can't find it!!!

Can anyone help locate that sheet or point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I want to share Outlook (same email address) over a wired LAN. I
want to work from any PC and be able to see my incoming emails and
send them. I have looked through this discussion group and
understand you can't share the .pst folder but that isn't my concern.
I believe there is some setting I need to make on the main PC with
the modem attached to it and another setting on the clients.

I've seen this on a Windows help page but can't find it!!!

Can anyone help locate that sheet or point me in the right direction?

There's no way to do EXACTLY what you want, unless you are in a Windows
networking environment with a domain controller and using roaming profiles
or using an Exchange server or IMAP server. Absent that, either you must
share the PST (making sure only one copy of Outlook is running at any one
time) or you must use copies of the PST and a sync tool to keep them matched
up.

 

[glenwf]

I want to do the same but can't figure out how to tell the other computers
Outlook to use the pst file on the "home" workstation.
Any help there. I have the pst file shared, but the remote laptop wants to
create and use it's own.

 

[Brian Tillman]

I want to do the same but can't figure out how to tell the other
computers Outlook to use the pst file on the "home" workstation.
Any help there. I have the pst file shared, but the remote laptop
wants to create and use it's own.

The Desktop's PST must be in a network-shared folder. With Outlook closed,
rename the PST on the laptop. Start Outlook. When it complains it can't
find its folders, browse to the shared PST, select it, and click OK.

Keep in mind that this is UNSUPPORTED, can lead to PST damage under some
conditions, and only one copy of Outlook can be open at any one time.