On 3/2/2010 6:49 AM, Christine K. wrote:
Hi Leonid,

Thank you very much for quickly responding with what looks like some good
answers.

Since I was just setting up Outlook for the first time and getting used to
the basics, I was performing your "scenario 2" that is I was creating
everything manually. I wanted to see how well Outlook was going to work with
my five email addresses before jumping into it with everything.

I was hoping I would be able to separate email, (sort email) in the same
manner I have been able to in Outlook Express. That is, as it comes in, I
would create a folder for that particular person, or topic, or company, and I
would store specific email in each persons, each topics, or each company's
specific folders. I created a folder "tree" much like how the tree in
windows explorer looks. A tree of folders for whatever quantity and names of
folders I want to create. I would want to create a separate tree with folders
for each of my five email addresses.....I would hope each folder tree has
it's own inbox, outbox, sent, deleted, drafts, and then all the custom folder
I create and name.

Currently, in OE, this is how you set can set it up. It makes things neat,
clean and simple when it comes to sorting email. No need to keep hundreds of
email in one folder, each email goes into it's own separately created folder.
With hundreds of business emails, a folder tree seems to be one of the better
ways to organize email, like with Outlook Express

Is all this possible, and feasible, in Outlook 2007

Also, I haven't tried it yet, but as another option to the advice you
suggested, what about creating separate profiles for each email address? Is
that a viable option, or a waste of time? Do you really have to close the
Outlook program each time you want to switch profiles?

Thanks Leonid, you have been a great help with the information you have
provided,

sincerely,

Christine K.


I wrote a huge article on doing it manually yesterday only to basically
kick myself when the standard import process worked much better and
pulled in all messages, folders etc. I've tested this pretty extensively.

Trust the wizards...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/286116

You may need to switch between identities to complete this.

Since you are new to the product, I think you will benefit from reading
this site: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/ou...647191033.aspx

and from taking free video training from
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/tr...654581033.aspx
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