Outlook 2002 Re-downloading issue

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Robin Williams

Hi,

I have read many posts on this issue for other clients, but have never come
across a definitive answer for outlook 2002. I have a desktop machine and a
laptop machine. When I am going away from my desktop for any length of
time, I copy my pst files from the desktop to the laptop. If I then try to
connect to the same pop server using say, gprs, all the messages that I have
already downloaded, are re-downloaded - which is obviously a tad annoying
when connecting over a mobile! (- outlook is setup to leave a copy on the
server for x days).

It seems that old versions of outlook (2000 etc) had an msin****.rhc file
that I could have also copied over at the same time, thus solving the
problem - but outlook 2002 doesn't have such a file. Can anyone point me in
the direction of the file/reg key or anywhere/way that I can get hold of
this 'messages already downloaded' information, and duplicate it onto the
laptop with my pst files? Personally, I think the old .rhc file was a nice
simple idea!

I'd rather not need 3rd party software, as I am aware is available...

If not, could anyone share any more elegant ways to sync outlook files
between two machines using pop3? (not imap or exchange)

Apologies if this really has been answered elsewhere, but I have searched a
lot and not come to a definitive answer as yet (that works)...

Thanks,
Rob.
 
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Jeff Stephenson [MSFT]

You can't do what you want to do with Outlook 2002 (or Outlook 2003 for that
matter). The information that tracks which messages have been downloaded is
stored per-machine, though I forget the reasoning behind doing so - your
scenario is an interesting one.
 
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cindiesue

Robin and Jeff,
Why is it that when all of us (there must be 7-10 of the same issues) on MS
site, that none of the technical MS people can help us. This is certainly
warranting a 'fix'.
We need some professional help on this.
I have, for the past 3 months have had my 2002 outlook hang up sending
emails with attachments. It was before SP2. My receivers receive 15 plus
copies, I have a crashk, and my email is blocked up. What could be the
problem?
 
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Brian Tillman

cindiesue said:
Why is it that when all of us (there must be 7-10 of the same issues)
on MS site, that none of the technical MS people can help us. This
is certainly warranting a 'fix'.
Click to expand...

This newsgroup is not, and never has been, an official Microsoft support
venue. If you want fixes, you have to pay for support and use an official
support channel. That's the way the world works.
http://support.microsoft.com/ has a "Contact Us" link that you can use.
 
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