use of outlook 2007 personal folders?

[Delta]

Hello all,

I'm a new outlook user. When I first started outlook I noticed there
is a default group called "personal folders" that has several
subfolders such as inbox, deleted items, etc. What is the use of these
personal folders?

All I want is 2 email accounts, each with it's own calendar since 2
persons (Bob and Lisa in the example below) will be using outlook
here.

So like this:

Lisa
->Deleted items
->Drafts
->Inbox
->Junk email
->Outbox
->RSS Feeds
->Sent items
->Search folders

Bob
->Deleted items
->Drafts
->Inbox
->Junk email
->Outbox
->RSS Feeds
->Sent items
->Search folders

Both people should be able to go to their own email folders and check
their own separate calendars. I managed to do this but what is the use
of the third group "personal folders" besides the newly created "Bob"
and "Lisa" as indicated below?

Personal folders (uses default data file outlook.pst)
->Deleted items
->Drafts
->Inbox
->Junk email
->Outbox
->RSS Feeds
->Sent items
->Search folders

Lisa (uses newly created data file named Lisa.pst)
->Deleted items
->Drafts
->Inbox
->Junk email
->Outbox
->RSS Feeds
->Sent items
->Search folders

Bob (uses newly created data file named Bob.pst)
->Deleted items
->Drafts
->Inbox
->Junk email
->Outbox
->RSS Feeds
->Sent items
->Search folders

Should I use "Personal folders" as my own account (Bob)? I tried this
but then I can't rename "Personal folders" to Bob which would leave me
with the groups "Personal folders" (for my use) and a group "Lisa" and
the 2 data files outlook.pst and Lisa.pst.
Or should I configure the new data file Bob.pst as the default one and
then delete "personal folders" together with it's data file
outlook.pst?

I like to keep things tidy and structured with no unnessecary folders
so I'm confused about all this. But I'm sure there's an answer to
everything.

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

The default created data set is where (surprise) by default your mail gets
delivered to. You can use that of course.

If you have to different Outlook users I would recommend creating a mail
profile for each;
Control Panel-> Mail-> Show Profiles

 

[Delta]

I don't understand. So what do I do with the "personal folders" thing
then? Delete it and make the 2 user profiles instead? Or use the
default "personal folders" for my account and then add a separate one
for the second user?

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That's both possible; it all depends on how you want to sort your email. I
believe you confused yourself by adding a 3rd folder set while you only
needed 2.

 

[Delta]

That's both possible; it all depends on how you want to sort your email. I

believe you confused yourself by adding a 3rd folder set while you only
needed 2.

So lets say I decide to make Bob.pst my default data set after which I
will delete the outlook.pst and "personal folders", will this not
delete my current calendar in which I already put some items?

In the other case, if I decide to keep the "personal folders" I
already noticed that when I send a message from the Bob account, the
message will appear in the "personal folders - outbox" and then when I
click send/receive the message appears in the "Bob - sent items"
folder, why is this?

Wouldn't it have been easier if the left folder pane would have been
empty after installation so that, in my case, I could add 2 email
accounts with the names Bob and Lisa, each with their own folders? I
still don't get the concept of the "personal folders".

Thanks