Kevryl! I love you man! YOU GET IT! And everyone else in here reminds me of
the reason every version of Windows before Windows 7 was so inferior. They
have come so far in Win 7, if MS reverts back to the metality that the
replies to this simple post comprise, then Apple share will climb, not
because they are easier to use but because they have been TOLD they're easier
to use. And people will do ANYTHING to make there computer lives easier!

There will always be computers for people who know how to use them, but if
you can't make computers easier for the rest of the world, you're not doing
your job MS.

Workarounds are unacceptable. And Outlook is used by a LOT of home users to
manage their lives and sync with there phones. And syncing to the cloud will
be a great addition to that when Win 7 phone (finally) comes out, but I don't
want my stuff on the cloud I want ONE thing on my memory stick, and I want it
to be a 2 step process, the way it has been for every single version of
Outlook, up until now.

A backup utility for Outlook is SO SO SO SO SO, NOT too much to expect.

jf

"Gordon" wrote:


"jimmy fallon" wrote in message
...
You all are truly living in outer space. Of course there should be a
backup
command for Outlook,

Why? As I said the VAST majority of Outlook usage occurs in a CORPORATE
environment, using Exchange Server where the mailboxes and the GAL etc etc
are all backed up daily from the server.
Does that scenario apply to Quickbooks? To Quicken? No it doesn't. Small
business accounting packages tend to be run on stand-alone machines without
server backup functions. THAT'S why those types of applications DO have a
backup function and Outlook doesn't.
Live with it.

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