"Bruce" wrote:

I installed outlook 2007 on my office & home computers. I did the office
first. On my home computer there are no messages in my inbox, but they are
there on my office computer. How do I get them to show up in both places.

"Bruce" wrote:



"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Bruce wrote:


The computer that currently has all my AOL incoming email messages in
outlook is my home computer. When I first installed outlook on this
computer all of my AOL in box was transferred over to outlook. Now I
am getting my new messages on both computers. What I want is to
transfer all my email messages from my home computer to my office
computer as what happened when I first installed outlook on my home
computer. Is this possible? If I uninstall outlook on my home
computer will this transfer all my AOL incoming mail to my office
computer, then I can reinstall outlook on my home computer. Will this
work, or is there an easier way?

Since AOL uses an IMAP account, all the data stays on the server. You can
create folders in the IMAP folder set and copy to them whatever you want.
If on any other PC you define an IMAP account pointing to that mailbox,
you'll see everything in the folders.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Thanks for all your help, but I am computer illiterate. Could you give me simple step by step explanation of how to do what you suggest so that I can my email finally set up correctly at work.â™*

Bruce wrote:

Thanks for all your help, but I am computer illiterate. Could you
give me very simple step by step instructions on what I need to do
to finally get me email set up correctly?

Google is your friend. AOL itself contains complete instructions.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Bruce wrote:

Thanks for all your help, but I am computer illiterate. Could you
give me very simple step by step instructions on what I need to do
to finally get me email set up correctly?

Google is your friend. AOL itself contains complete instructions.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]


I do not have AOL help in that I only use it for my work email and they do
not provide any support. I tried to goggle for IMAP as you suggested by I
still don't understand how to transfer the IMAP accounts. Can you give me
further instructions/guidance.

AOL does have "help" at their website:
This would be where you start:
http://postmaster.aol.com/

:
: I do not have AOL help in that I only use it for my work email and they do
: not provide any support. I tried to goggle for IMAP as you suggested by I
: still don't understand how to transfer the IMAP accounts. Can you give me
: further instructions/guidance.
:

I finally transferred by old mail and contacts to my new computer using the
import/export feature. The problem I still have is that my new mail only
shows up on my home computer and I set them both as you suggested. I ran a
test message on my office computer and it did not show up. Any suggestions?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Bruce wrote:

Yes, I believe so.

Configure each machine to leave copies of messages on the server. That's on
the Advanced tab of the account properties dialogue. Configure one of the
machines to delete messages from the server when Deleted Items is emptied
and after X number of days.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

"Bruce" wrote:

I finally transferred by old mail and contacts to my new computer using the
import/export feature. The problem I still have is that my new mail only
shows up on my home computer and I set them both as you suggested. I ran a
test message on my office computer and it did not show up. Any suggestions?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Bruce wrote:

Yes, I believe so.

Configure each machine to leave copies of messages on the server. That's on
the Advanced tab of the account properties dialogue. Configure one of the
machines to delete messages from the server when Deleted Items is emptied
and after X number of days.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

I have tried that and I still can't get my new mail on my office computer. I ran another test on the office computer and nothing showed up. But when I hit the send/receive box it showed up. I can't keep hitting send/recieve all day, there must be a better way?

"Bruce" wrote:

I finally transferred by old mail and contacts to my new computer using the
import/export feature. The problem I still have is that my new mail only
shows up on my home computer and I set them both as you suggested. I ran a
test message on my office computer and it did not show up. Any suggestions?

"Brian Tillman" wrote:

Bruce wrote:

Yes, I believe so.

Configure each machine to leave copies of messages on the server. That's on
the Advanced tab of the account properties dialogue. Configure one of the
machines to delete messages from the server when Deleted Items is emptied
and after X number of days.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]


I did this and I still can not get my new emails on my work computer. When
I ran a test message on the work computer nothing showed up. However when I
hit send/receive on the toolbox the message showed up. There has to be a
better way. Can not spend all day hitting the send/receive icon. What do
you suggest? Does it matter which computer has the delete from server on it.

"Inachu" wrote:

your settings on your work pc are telling the email server to remove the
emails when you read them to the local pc.

on your work pc you need to configure it so when you read the email they
stay on the server so your home pc can pick them up as well.

Make sure your home pc also keeps the emails on the server also.



"Bruce" wrote:

I installed outlook 2007 on my office & home computers. I did the office
first. On my home computer there are no messages in my inbox, but they are
there on my office computer. How do I get them to show up in both places.



I did as you suggested, but I still can not get my new mail on my work
computer. I ran a test and nothing showed up in new mail. However when I hit
the send/receive icon the message showed up. There must be a better way. I
can't be constantly hitting send/receive all day at work. Have you any
suggestions?

"Bruce" wrote in message
...

I ran a test and nothing showed up in new mail.

Presumably that involved sending yourself a message? That will not show up
any errors.
Go to Tools-Account Settings, highlight the account, click on Change, and in
that dialog box click on "Test Account Settings". That will come up with
error messages that can be used to diagnose the problem.