2 x Personal Folders - 2003 ??

[Hi-Soft]

I recently upgraded to Outlook 2003...and there are a few things i still
haven't really figured out..

Firstly, I never really used the email function in 2000 anyway, as I've
always prefered OE...nut just curious to know why in the defualt window pain
of 2003...there are 2 "Personal Folers" under Mail...

One has the "Today" style icon next to it, and the other has a sort of "data
file"box icon...

I'd be curious to hear anyone's views on actually using 2003 as their main
emailer in stead of OE too...


cheers,
Hi-Soft

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

do you need the features in Outlook? If not and OE meets your needs, why
change? You may have a ghost folder or just a second pst in the profile. Is
there any messages in it? Can you right click on it and choose close?

 

[Hi-Soft]

Well...I don't really know what the extra features in 2003 are...actually i
thought OE had more feature eg newsgroups...!

but one feature that would be handy is the syncing of Outlook email with my
PDA, and then my Laptop....as at the moment i can't really sync OE
propperly..

I guess just having it all toger makes it easier to back up etc too..BUT...I
really no my way around OE...and would need to really read up on Outlook I
think..

Now, these 2 folders...they are identicle as in what they contain..ie... the
usual deleted, drafts, inbox, junk mail, sent etc...

If i right click on the mail root "personal' folder of either, the option to
"close personal folders" is greyed out !


cheers,
Hi-Soft

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

sounds like you have a ghost - try this
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/ghosts.htm and if it fails, make a new
profile.

 

[DL]

Then in whatever you did to configure OL/add pst's you corupted your
profile.
With OL closed use the mail applet inthe control panel to create a new
profile, add the pst and configure accounts