I upgraded to Outlook 2002 some time ago, and now I have a small problem.

I run 4 email account, though two of these are used on home computers when people are not on holiday. When they are I divert them to my work email.

Now, on Outlook 200, you could check a tick box in the account setting whether you wanted that account to be 'active'. With the new version this option seem to have dissappeared. The only way I can stop collecting emails is to delete the whole account, then reinstate it when I need to collect them.

Am I missing something here? Cos if I'm not it does seem a rather retrograde step to take.

Are you sure its not there when you go into the properties for each listed account as "Include this account when recieving mail or syncronising"

Nope - that was how it was with 2000, but with 2002 I can't find that option.

Am using 2003 myself so dont know about 2002 but couldnt you put a blank password in so it failed unless you put a password in?

Mac

Possibly, but wouldn't I then get a failed send and receive every time?

Yup - just tried it, a password box comes up each time it connects....

[Edited on 17/1/06 by Jasper]

I am also using Outlook 2003, but seem to remember you could do it in 02. In 03 you click on Tools, select Send/Receive and then select Send/Receive settings, then Define Send/Receive Groups. from the dialog box select edit, then untick "include the selected account in the group" and it will not send/receive that account. Hope this helps.

That's got it - cheers mate. Don't know why they couldn't have left it the more simple old way though......

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Originally posted by Jasper
Don't know why they couldn't have left it the more simple old way though......

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