Can two Windows XP accounts share a Mail account?

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Question:
Can this be done over a peer to peer network.
Where the mailstore is held on one computer and accessed from another on the network?

Actually yes, that should work ok, as long as the shares are set up with the appropriate read/write permissions.

Leo

what about for Microsoft OUTLOOK not outlook express

Actually for Outlook this should also work. Instead of playing with the "Store Folder", the two accounts could simply open and download into the same .PST file.

I've tried doing it over a network, and the 'OK' button is greyed out when you select a network folder. Any idea?

- Itay

I have the same problem.... the "OK" button is greyed out when you select a network folder. Still trying to figure this out...

Instead of trying to point to a network folder directly - Map a network drive to a drive letter (set it to reconnect automatically). When you point to the mapped drive the OK button should be available.

-mi§tery-

I have pointed both user profiles in Windows XP to the same .pst in a shared location. Everything works, but now we get two copies of all messages. We leave messages on the server in order to be able to get our email while at work. Any solution to the double email?

Unfortunately none that come to mind. "What mail has been downloaded" is obviously kept per-profile, and I wouldn't want to hazzard a guess on how to fake that out.

The other option might be to use IMAP instead of POP3 if you server supports it - IMAP treats the server as the primary store, and might be handled differently.

But to be honest, I'm not sure.

I've mapped a drive, checked security but the 'OK' button is greyed out .. any other ideas?

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