Opening archived e-mail

[robin]

I would like to archive certain mail for future reference but tested the
archive feature and found I cannot access archived items. The message I get
when I try to open using Word is "archive.pst is locked for editing by
'another user'."

 

[Brian Tillman]

I would like to archive certain mail for future reference but tested
the archive feature and found I cannot access archived items. The
message I get when I try to open using Word is "archive.pst is locked
for editing by 'another user'."

Of course it's locked. It's locked by Outlook. Why would you think that
you can view a PST using Word? Can you view a sound file using Notepad?
Certainly not. Using Word to try to view a PST is no different. Outlook is
the application you use to see the contents of a PST.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

And the command you want to use in Outlook is File | Open | Outlook Data File.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Gordon]

I would like to archive certain mail for future reference but tested the
archive feature and found I cannot access archived items. The message I get
when I try to open using Word is "archive.pst is locked for editing by
'another user'."

The only way you can view archived email in a text editor is to export to
a mail client that uses Unix MBox format......Thunderbird comes to mind......