Using Outlook 2003 on 2 different computers

[toddred]

My business associate and I have shared the same computer to respond
and manage emails sent by clients to ONE specific email address. We are
using Outlook 2003.
This weekend I bought a new computer so we can both manage the emails
at the same time. How do I set this up so emails he has sent appear on
my computer and emails I have sent appear on his? I also need to know
which emails he has responded to (much like the little purple icon you
see in the message view). We receive 50-75 emails daily and send up to
200 emails daily.

Within Outlook 2003, we only use the "Follow-Up flag" and have defined
about 15 "signatures" of boiler-plate text that we can use to compose
our emails. We keep these emails "active" for about 1 year and then
archive. Having the ability to search on the fields of "Advanced Find"
-- Frequently Used Fields (From, To, Received, Message, etc.) is
extremely important to us.

We do not use the address book, calendar, or any other functionality.

Thanks,
Todd

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Hi Todd,

it is not possible by default to share PST files.

If you only want to share emails you could use an IMAP account:
http://www.slipstick.com/mail1/olinet.htm#imap

On this site is an article on various ways to share Outlook data:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011477571033.aspx

and a list of a list of third-party sharing tools is also on this site:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

 

[Mark D. VandenBerg]

However, if you network the computers, it IS possible to use the same backup
..pst file.

Every morning, both backup and then both update.

 

[toddred]

However, if you network the computers, it IS possible to use the same backup
.pst file.

Every morning, both backup and then both update.

Thanks Mark and Oliver for the info. I'll review the links you posted.
Seems like this is going to be a real project for us.

I understand about backup pst files, but not sure what you mean by
update. Can you expand on this? This may be a good interim solution.
Sure better than constantly fighting over who needs the computer :>)

Todd