Leave mail on exchange server - outlook 2003

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Nels

I have recently set up my system at home to login via VPN
to the server at the office. It seems that my preferences
are set to store mail in a personal mailbox - in other
words all my mail including old messages have been
grabbed from the server and now reside on the hard drive
of my machine at home. Aaargh!

I understand that I need to specify delivery of new mail
to "Mailbox - my name" rather than personal folders but I
can't see how to do this. In the change email accounts
dialogue box there is a drop down menu under "deliver new
mail to the following location" but it only has the
currently selected option "Personal folder" on it. Where
can I specify?

There seems to be NO CHECKBOX for leave a copy of
messages on server in Outlook 2003

Also is there any way to migrate the old mail which is
now stored locally back to the server?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

What service are you using to connect to the Exchange server -- Exchange,
POP or IMAP?
 
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Nels

I'm choosing the exchange server option.

When I go to the control panel, mail, set-up new mail
account I have the following options
1) Exchange server
2)POP3
3) IMAP
4) HTTP
5) Additional server types

Nels - I still need help fixing this.
 
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Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]

Then the mail stays on the server by default if you make the Exchange
mailbox the primary delivery location. If, however, you have a .pst file in
your profile and have directed Outlook to use that as the delivery location,
Outlook will do what you say and remove everythign from your Exchange Inbox.
If you've configured the Exchange account OK but still don't see it in the
delivery location list, the easiest solution may be to create a new Outlook
profile. Add the Exchange service first and get it working. Then you can
import the old .pst file to put its data back on the server.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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