my account doesn't show up on folder list

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gnorberg

I am brand new to Outlook 2002. The first thing I did was set up an account,
which seems to work just fine because when I click on "Test Account Settings"
everything checks out perfectly. The problem is, my account doesn't show up
on the folder list. Where is it?
 
M

Mary

Accounts do not show up in the folder list. You can have only one Inbox and
it collects all the mail from all the accts--if you have more than one. Your
account will be in the Accounts list. Click on Tools, Accounts and it will be
there. If it is the default account, it will be used to send mail. Note that
if you don't receive a test email after setting up your acct and testing the
settings, it's not set up correctly.
 
B

Brian Tillman

[email protected]
I am brand new to Outlook 2002. The first thing I did was set up an
account, which seems to work just fine because when I click on "Test
Account Settings" everything checks out perfectly. The problem is,
my account doesn't show up on the folder list. Where is it?
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Accounts are folders. They won't appear in any folder list. Personal
Folders files (PSTs) appear in folder lists. You'll have to be more
explicit in describing how you configured your mail profile before we can
help you.
 
G

gnorberg

Thank you both for enlightening me on how Outlook handles messages. Things
are pretty clear now, exept for the fact that, when I set up my account (it's
a POP3), I pressed the "Test Account Settings" button and everything worked
successfully. If that's true, what could be wrong in the account setup?
 
G

gnorberg

Actually, I didn't set up any profile at all. I simply created an email
account and stayed with all other default settings. One thing I just noticed
is that I can send emails using this accout, but can't receive them. When
sending from Outlook Express to this account on Outlook, the postmaster says
the server rejected it.
 
D

DL

You can only create an email account using the details supplied by your ISP.
When you did this & tested the account It all went through OK? Did you then
see the test mail in the Outlook Inbox?
If this same account exists in Express & you open Express your mail will be
received there.
Within OL you can send a msg to yourself ie the send / receive address is
the same

"[email protected]"
 
G

gnorberg

Yes, when I tested the account all steps recorded as successful, but no, the
test mail (several of them) never showed up in the OL inbox.

Since I can send emails without a problem, I did what you suggested and sent
an email to myself but interestingly enough, my email address does not
automatically appear in the "From" box like it does in Outlook Express. Is
that normal?

Most importantly, the message never arrived and I never got a "delivery
failure" notification.
 
D

DL

You didnt open Express did you? which then recieved the mail
You have checked the various views in Outlook?

"[email protected]"
Yes, when I tested the account all steps recorded as successful, but no,
the
test mail (several of them) never showed up in the OL inbox.

Since I can send emails without a problem, I did what you suggested and
sent
an email to myself but interestingly enough, my email address does not
automatically appear in the "From" box like it does in Outlook Express.
Is
that normal?

Most importantly, the message never arrived and I never got a "delivery
failure" notification.
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B

Brian Tillman

Brian Tillman said:
Accounts are folders. They won't appear in any folder list.
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Sheesh! Accounts are NOT folders. They won't appear in any folder list.
 
B

Brian Tillman

[email protected]
Actually, I didn't set up any profile at all. I simply created an
email account and stayed with all other default settings.
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You can't create an account unless your have a mail profile to contain it.
When sending from Outlook Express to this account on Outlook, the
postmaster says
the server rejected it.
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And the exact text of that error is?
 
B

Brian Tillman

[email protected]
Since I can send emails without a problem, I did what you suggested
and sent an email to myself but interestingly enough, my email
address does not automatically appear in the "From" box like it does
in Outlook Express. Is that normal?
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The From field in Outlook is not applicable in a situation like yours where
you use a POP account. The From field in the compose window isn't used for
specifying the sending address.
 
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