Question reagrding Outlook 2000

[RavenStandsAlone]

In Outlook express you can go to the File menu and Switch Users. Can anyone tell me how to Switch Users in Outlook 2000 after setting up multiple accounts in Control Panel - Mail settings?

Raven

[RavenStandsAlone]

Should read, "Switch Identities" instead of, "Switch Users." Sorry!

[r8500]

I don't think you can do that in Outlook, just Outlook express.

[r8500]

I don't think you can do that in Outlook, just Outlook express.

[RavenStandsAlone]

Thanks.

[bassman]

I can work around that by creating new folders and assigning rules to incoming and outgoing mail; if a mail comes addresses to account1@here.com, move it to the recently created Inbox_account1, etc...

[fancyf]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=195478

[dajogejr]

I'm misunderstanding the question.

You should be able to check off "ask which account to use when opening Outlook" with the mail setup in control panel.

Every time you close and open Outlook, it'll ask for whose profile to use.

By default, it'll use different .pst files (mail store in Outlook)

I know you have to close email, then open it back up...rather than switch identies (a la OE)...but, isn't this what you want?

Bassman...that is a great workaround...but, what if you wanted to keep all email, contacts, etc....separate.

I understand what you're doing...but, that can get confusing for the "average joe..."

[bassman]

Originally posted by dajogejr
Bassman...that is a great workaround...but, what if you wanted to keep all email, contacts, etc....separate.
It's a workaround, hence it's not perfetc - I stopped using Outlook mainly because of this issue.

[dajogejr]

Gotcha...

Just go get an Exchange server...:)

[RavenStandsAlone]

How is that done and what is an exchanger server?

Raven

[dajogejr]

Exchange server is an enterprise class email server....

Don't think that's what you're looking for...it's for business..

But, if you're interested...head on over to Microsoft's site, and take a look.

[mpc2]

Get a newer version of Outlook and you'll be able to do what you want.

[RavenStandsAlone]

Can you purchase Outlook seperately fromt the Office Suite?

[r8500]

Originally posted by RavenStandsAlone
Can you purchase Outlook seperately fromt the Office Suite?

I don't know if you still can. I thought you could at one time, but I can no longer find it to buy it.

[rraehal]

You can still buy outlook packaged alone. Here is an example from Office Depot:
http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=914608

[r8500]

Wow, thats not much cheaper than office basic. It can be had at newegg for $125. Comes with Word, Excel and Outlook.

[rraehal]

I agree that it is better to buy office Standard version for $125.

I could use the extra licenses for Word Excel and Powerpoint. I only have one free license and when my laptop gets here, I will be out. Better price too.

[bassman]

This is even cheaper: http://www.openoffice.org/product/ :)

[dajogejr]

You can have that open office...it doesn't come with a mail client, either.

Actually...Bassman. Open office is nice, for just creating basic documents and spreadsheets.

The problem my company had with it is stuff that is pre-built in Excel with formulas/locks/rules does not work properly in Open Office.

I went round and round with this, and...finally...we just purchased office for our stores.

If the content was originally created in OO...then, all's gravy.
Despite what it says, though...it has problems with Excel to OO conversions....

[mpc2]

Originally posted by RavenStandsAlone
Can you purchase Outlook seperately fromt the Office Suite?

Yes. You can either buy it as a stand alone product or as part of Office. Buying the Student and Teachers Edition of Office, however, wouldn't be much more than buying Outlook stand alone though and you would beneift by receiving updated versions of all the applications in that suite.

Both Outlook XP (2002) and Outlook 2003 will do what you want. I personally prefer Outlook 2003 to all the previous ones.

Note: If you use Outlook with Word as your email editor, be aware that Outlook 2003 only works with Word 2003 as its email editor. You can always use it w/o Word as the editor, but if you do, it has to be Word 2003.