Use one .pst folder for all my e-mail addresses

[Earthsong D]

I have Outlook 2003 and have successfully used one .pst folder for two
separate PoP3 e-mail accounts for a number of years. The problem is that I
am trying to add an http e-mail account and want it to use this existing
folder, but the system keeps making up a new .pst folder for this account.
GRRR. When I go to tools/e-mail accounts/next it looks like all three
accounts are set up to use the same, correct, folder, but the new account can
not receive e-mail. I keep getting this error message: "Task 'Earthsong D on
MSN: Folder:Inbox Synchronizing headers.' reported error (0x80070057) : 'An
unknown error has occurred. Please save any existing work and restart the
program.'" Help!

 

[Brian Tillman]

I have Outlook 2003 and have successfully used one .pst folder for two
separate PoP3 e-mail accounts for a number of years. The problem is
that I am trying to add an http e-mail account and want it to use
this existing folder, but the system keeps making up a new .pst
folder for this account.

This is true. HTTP accounts (i.e., Hotmail), will always have their own
folder sets. There's nothing you can do about it, other than create rules
that will move the incoming message to the folders you POP accounts use.
I've not tried it, but I think rules can apply to HTTP accounts.

 

[Earthsong D]

Thanks for the input, Brian. Unfortunately, Outlook says it does not allow
filtering via rules for http accounts, and tells me I should use my web-based
server's filtering abilities. Outlook's advise is so not helpful! Guess I'm
stuck wtih multiple mailboxes until Outlook gets a little smarter. Does
anyone have any other ideas (besides a sledgehammer - lol)?

 

[Brian Tillman]

Thanks for the input, Brian. Unfortunately, Outlook says it does not
allow filtering via rules for http accounts, and tells me I should
use my web-based server's filtering abilities. Outlook's advise is
so not helpful! Guess I'm stuck wtih multiple mailboxes until
Outlook gets a little smarter. Does anyone have any other ideas
(besides a sledgehammer - lol)?

If you pay for a Hotmail Premium account and use Outlook Live, you can
designate your Hotmail folders as your default folders and then everything
should be delivered there.