Two businesses, two mail accounts, one profile - how?

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Ingvar Nilsen

Hi,

I have recently started using Outlook 2003 after years with Netscape
mail. Currently I am banging my head against something as silly as
maintaining two mail accounts inside one profile.

Here it is:
I run Business A and Business B.
I can set up two datafiles (PST), one for each business, so far, so
good.

What I want is mail to Business A to automatically land in Business A's
in-box, and mail to Business B to automatically land in Business B's
in-box respectively.
This can be achieved using rules.

The real problem arises when sending mail. Of course I want mail from
Business A to be stored in the "Sent items" for Business A, and mail
from Business B stored in the "Sent items" for Business B.
I have not managed to do this using rules, solution wanted!

Furthermore, I have not found a straight forward way to just right
click the Business A area and send a mail from Business A. When using
the common send button on the toolbar, I must ensure that the sender is
either Business A or Business B.
This will sooner or later fail, so that the recipient gets a mail from
Business B while he definitely should see Business A as the sender.
Besides of that, it is way to cumbersome.

Now, I can use one profile for each business.
This is however the wrong answer. I need one single profile because I
cannot split myself in two persons, I need ONE calendar, ONE set of
appointments, even if I maintain and run two businesses. Besides of
that, I need Outlook monitoring mail traffic continuously, so two
profiles won't work since Outlook has to be restarted for each profile.

Am I plain stupid, overlooking something essential here, or is this
high-end application (Outlook) not suited for people running more than
one business?
 
R

Roady [MVP]

For sorting outgoing mail see;
http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/sortoutgoingmail.htm

Getting a prompt what account to use might be possible with VBA. Ask the
programmers in outlook.program_vba if you need help with that.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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Hi,

I have recently started using Outlook 2003 after years with Netscape
mail. Currently I am banging my head against something as silly as
maintaining two mail accounts inside one profile.

Here it is:
I run Business A and Business B.
I can set up two datafiles (PST), one for each business, so far, so
good.

What I want is mail to Business A to automatically land in Business A's
in-box, and mail to Business B to automatically land in Business B's
in-box respectively.
This can be achieved using rules.

The real problem arises when sending mail. Of course I want mail from
Business A to be stored in the "Sent items" for Business A, and mail
from Business B stored in the "Sent items" for Business B.
I have not managed to do this using rules, solution wanted!

Furthermore, I have not found a straight forward way to just right
click the Business A area and send a mail from Business A. When using
the common send button on the toolbar, I must ensure that the sender is
either Business A or Business B.
This will sooner or later fail, so that the recipient gets a mail from
Business B while he definitely should see Business A as the sender.
Besides of that, it is way to cumbersome.

Now, I can use one profile for each business.
This is however the wrong answer. I need one single profile because I
cannot split myself in two persons, I need ONE calendar, ONE set of
appointments, even if I maintain and run two businesses. Besides of
that, I need Outlook monitoring mail traffic continuously, so two
profiles won't work since Outlook has to be restarted for each profile.

Am I plain stupid, overlooking something essential here, or is this
high-end application (Outlook) not suited for people running more than
one business?
 
M

Mechu

The real problem arises when sending mail. Of course I want mail from
Business A to be stored in the "Sent items" for Business A, and mail
from Business B stored in the "Sent items" for Business B.
I have not managed to do this using rules, solution wanted!


I don't find any problem in that. Rules can be set for sent items as well
and the sent mails can be stored in a specified folder (pst or ost).
Sorry if I haven't understood your question

As for the sender problem, I do not have a solution right now.
Giv me sum time.
 
I

Ingvar Nilsen

Mechu said:
I don't find any problem in that. Rules can be set for sent items as
well and the sent mails can be stored in a specified folder (pst or
ost). Sorry if I haven't understood your question

Hi Mechu!
Yes, sent mails can be *copied*, but not *moved* as far as I know.
If you know how to put sent mail in a specific folder, and only there,
immediately after it is sent, I would be very grateful!
(I am rather new to both Outlook and rules)
 
R

Roady [MVP]

Read my reply? It explains how to do this.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

-----
Mechu said:
I don't find any problem in that. Rules can be set for sent items as
well and the sent mails can be stored in a specified folder (pst or
ost). Sorry if I haven't understood your question

Hi Mechu!
Yes, sent mails can be *copied*, but not *moved* as far as I know.
If you know how to put sent mail in a specific folder, and only there,
immediately after it is sent, I would be very grateful!
(I am rather new to both Outlook and rules)
 

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