Outlook 2000 never asks for my password - why??

[Thomas Marti]

In Outlook 2000, I set a password for my personal folder
like this: In the folder list I right-clicked
"Outlook Today - [Personal Folders]", then clicked
"Properties For 'Personal Folders'" on the shortcut menu,
chose "Advanced" on the "General" tab, then "Change Password".
Here I entered and confirmed my password, and disabled the
"Save this password in your password list" option.

But... this password is never asked for - I can
start Outlook and go to the personal folder without
having to enter this password!!

However, if I now want to change my password, I DO HAVE TO
enter the password, so Outlook somehow seems to know about
this password. Strange behaviour...

Is there some option or registry entry I have to change
to "activate" password protection?

Thanks for any hints!

Thomas