TSGL: Outlook Express/Windows Mail

Tue Apr 22 22:57:08 EDT 2008

Alan's method is what we use.  We receive emails only on my machine (still
on 98SE and IE/OE 5.5), and most are sent from mine as well.  On the rare
occasions that Eric sends from his machine (XP SP2) he sends a Bcc to us
which is collected on my machine and can be saved as a record

Factors to consider:

(A)    This works fine for us as long as hubby remembers to send the Bcc.
You have not indicated how many people actually use OE on the two machines.
More people, more hiccups.  Googling for
"Outlook Express" + "automatic bcc"     produces 2,250 results including
this one at
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t468395-permanent-bcc-in-outlook-expre
ss-howto.html :

beginning/quote

Open a new message window and put your address in the BCC field.
File | Save as and save it to your Desktop. When you want to send a message,
just click on the icon to see the new message window.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

end/quote

(Of course, there's always the possibility that someone will use New Message
in OE rather than the desktop icon.)

(B)    The emails on PC#1 (Sent Items) and PC#2 (Inbox) look the same.
However, the properties of the messages differ -- e.g., the Sent Item's
properties will show the original addressee and the Bcc; the received
email's properties will not show the Bcc.  With emails to one addressee this
(or the other properties' differences) may not matter for your purposes.

(C)    If you are sending the same message to umpteen people but do not want
them to know other people are receiving it, you can send umpteen separate
emails (one to each of them, with a Bcc to yourself) or you can send one
message with all umpteen addresses and yours in the Bcc field/header).  If
you use the latter method but depend on the email you receive as your record
of a Sent Item, it will not show all addressees -- only you as sender and as
(Bcc) receiver -- and thus will not be a valid record of that sent letter.

(D)    If the properties matter -- for (B) or (C) above or any other
reason -- and especially as you have indicated joint accessibility to sent
items is more of a concern than incoming items, I would suggest that each
time an email is sent from either machine, the sender drag a copy from his
Sent Items folder to a shared "Emails sent" folder/s on the network.  I have
numerous folders on my data drive to which I save (by dragging) emails from
myself and others.

Depending on the quantity involved, you could have a folder for "Emails sent
2008.04" or one for each week or each day.  Or they could be set up as
"Emails sent to John Smith," etc.  Your received items could be dragged to
that shared network drive as well if desired.

Note that I save by dragging from OE to the relevant data drive folder which
I have open in Windows Explorer.  Holding down Ctrl and dragging the message
with my mouse leaves the message in OE but saves a copy on my data drive.
When I started this system I used File-Save As from the OE menu, but this
meant the "Modified" date on the data drive showed the time and date of the
Save As, rather than the time and date of the actual email which is retained
when dragging.

Merna

----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Mitchell" <alan_mitchell at mindspring.com>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:08 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express/Windows Mail

A simple solution would be to use bcc: to always send your own email address
a copy of each message. Then you'd always be sure that the sent mail was
included in both computers' emails.

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of Anthony Shearman
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:50 AM
To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express/Windows Mail

Thanks Cosmio,

I appreciate that received e-mail can be downloaded to two different PCs by
leaving a copy of messages on the server and deleting them after a period of
time but my concern is more for storing sent items in a manner that both PCs
can access them.
I suppose the only answer is by using webmail to store sent items.

The ISP provides a gig for storage so that is not a problem.

Many thanks for your help.

Anthony

----- Original Message -----
From: "Von Hatten, Cosmio - Lions Gate Internet Ltd." <cosmiovh at lgisp.net>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Outlook Express/Windows Mail

> Yes, you need to set each account to leave a copy of the mail on the
> server. You can set this under tools/accounts/ properties for the mail
> account and at the bottom of the advanced tab.
>
> I would get it to delete messages after a certain number of days to
> avoid issues with the mailbox on the server becoming corrupt due to a
> large number of messages stored there.
>
> Cosmio Von Hatten
> Technical Consultant / Client Relations
> Imagen Communications Inc.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com]
> On Behalf Of Anthony Shearman
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:49 PM
> To: list at tsgserver.com
> Subject: TSGL: Outlook Express/Windows Mail
>
>
> I belong to a House Owners' Association out of a small office
> originally
> with a PC running Windows Xp Professional and has now acquired a
> second PC
> running Windows Vista Home Basic.
> With the one PC all e-mail traffic was concentrated in Outlook Express
> but
> now there are two PCs which are networked, the only way e-mail can be
> handled is through webmail, in order for both PCs to have access.
> My apologies for such a long-winded introduction but my question is:
> is it
> possible for two PCs to have access to both incoming and outgoing
> e-mail on
> a centralised basis?
>
> Appreciate any thoughts you can give me.
>