configuring / comparing Outlook with OE

"Kristen K." wrote in message
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However so far it looks as if Outlook is waste of time compared to Outlook
Express. There appears to be no real efficient and organized way for me to
separate my five email addresses and the associated email within Outlook
2007, as I have been able to do in Outlook Express.

You can certainly have multiple accounts and have Outlook automatically
separate the incoming data stream into multiple Inboxes. Why do you believe
you cannot?

With Outlook Express I was able to create five separate identities, one for
each of my email addresses. I was able to then seamlessly switch back and
forth between email addresses in the blink of an eye with no problems. Each
identity had its own inbox, outbox, sent folder, and deleted folder. For
organization, I could then also create dozens of individual sub-folders and
name them accordingly as needed within each of my five identities.

You can create as many subfolders are you please. Why do you think you
cannot?

Apparently none of this is really possible with Outlook 2007, at least not
in any way that is efficient and organized.

Except for the identities part, it's all possible.

First, as I started to configure Outlook for my five email addresses, my
worst fears were realized. Outlook will only allow me to hit one
“send/receive� button, and then all of my email from my five different email
addresses is dumped into one inbox. What a joke.

Only because YOU configured it to do that.

I’m at a loss to where the benefit is for me to switch to Outlook from
Outlook Express, unless I’m missing something here, (which is possible since
I’m new to Outlook).

Why rant about Outlook, then, if your new to it and don't yet understand
whether or not it can do what you want?

You can also use any number of other mail clients. Windows Live Mail will be
almost a match for Outlook Express. Many people like Thunderbird. There's
Pegasus mail, Eudora, and others as well, all free.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Hello DL,

First I want to apologize for my inappropriate response to your first post
regarding my questions. I am sorry for that. My comments were out of line.
Please forgive me.

Thank you for your input, it is much appreciated. And thanks for the
original link you provided in your first post to the website How-To-Outlook.
This is a very extensive and informative site that I've been perusing all
day. I've learned much at this site after getting familiar with the layout.

Thanks again DL, your info has helped save the day, and I'm slowly becoming
a believer in Outlook.

very best regards,

Christine K.
03/03/10 at 4:00am PST

"DL" wrote:

If you import OE msgs from OL the modified dates will all be set to the
Import date, which can create havoc with any Archive

"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert"
wrote in message
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I've been told that a better solution is to export Outlook Express.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196347
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Leonid S. Knyshov
Crashproof Solutions
510-282-1008
Twitter: @wiseleo
http://crashproofsolutions.com
Microsoft Small Business Specialist
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Hi Leonid,

Thank you again for your support. I did also find an article at the
How-To-Outlook site that DL posted, stating the benefit of "exporting"
messages from OE into Outlook instead of the other way around.

I'm soaking up all the info you have provided along with the info fom DL,
thank you very much.

I'm slowly becoming an Outlook 2007 believer.

very best,

Christine K.
03/03/10 at 5:05am, PST

"Leonid S. Knyshov // SBS Expert" wrote:

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
--
Leonid S. Knyshov
Crashproof Solutions
510-282-1008
Twitter: @wiseleo
http://crashproofsolutions.com
Microsoft Small Business Specialist
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