Question / Keeping 2 Outlook Programs Up to Date

[StevenB]

Hey folks,

Here's a quick question on e-mail stuff.

I have a POP3 e-mail account that I access via Outlook 2000 from home, and via a web-based program ("webmail") from a second PC. I find using Outlook much better. The second PC has Outlook 2003 installed, but it's used for another e-mail account.

I know how to set up the new machine to open my mail box. However, when I do that I start to run into problems with my "home outlook" having an outdated list of messages, because once I download the messages into one inbox, they're not available to be downloaded into the other.

So, is there some reasonable way I can keep there two Outlooks "in synch," so that I can use Outlook on both of my machines? If so, would there be an issue with the different versions of Outlook on each machine?

Thanks,

Steve

 

[franklin97355]

You could set outlook to leave the message on the server and then use the web interface to clean up the account.

The answer is "42"

 

[StevenB]

But if I do that, when I try to receive messages from the second account, won't it fail to download the ones that have been downloaded already?

 

[franklin97355]

Not if you "Leave the messages on the server"

The answer is "42"

 

[StevenB]

Hey, someone on another made an excellent suggestion, which was to use IMAP if possible. I've actually just tried this, and it looks like exactly what I wanted to accomplish.

Thanks very much for your suggestions though!

Steve