I have MS Outlook on a home computer and a work laptop. The home PC has a personal email account on Outlook and the laptop has a work email account. I have to get rid of the home PC so I will want to get both email accounts on the laptop.
Can I somehow have two different instances of Outlook on my laptop, one for work and one for home? I know that I can have two different accounts on Outlook but I would prefer not to get the different mail all mixed up.
Thanks.
You just need to create a new folder(s) and use the rules agent to move e-mail to one address into a seperate folder. The rules agent can move things around as you need them to keep it straight.
That’s what I did when I telecommuted - folders and rules. Nothing every got mixed up except my “sent” folder - which is probably also divisible into subfolders; I just never had a burning need to explore the possibility.
I do know you can have both Outlook and OE on the same computer - I prefer Outlook, my son prefers OE, so we have both.
What you’re looking for is a separate profile. Each profile contains entirely separate e-mail folders, contacts, mail, etc. The setup procedure may be different for OL2000 (Google it), but here’s how you’d set it up in OL2002(XP) and 2003:
-Close Outlook
-Open Control Panel, and then the “Mail” icon
-Click “Show Profiles”, select “Prompt for a profile…”, and then click “Add”
-Configure all appropriate settings for the secondary account
The next time you open Outlook, it will allow you to choose between the two profiles.
Note that it is possible to send e-mail from one profile to another profile’s contacts list, which involves adding an alternate mail store (PST) file to the appropriate profile, and then configuring the secondary contacts list as a selection when sending e-mail.