From: Cottham on
I have a single Outlook 2007 pst placed on a group share, I need this to be
accessable to eight seperate users all with individual mail accounts.
A: is this possible
B: if so what is the configuration on the security of the PST
At this time when one person has access all others are refused with the
error pst is in use.
From: JohnB on
I've done it in the past, so it is possible. There's no way that I'm aware
of for more than one user to be able to access it at the same time.


"Cottham" <Cottham(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a single Outlook 2007 pst placed on a group share, I need this to be
> accessable to eight seperate users all with individual mail accounts.
> A: is this possible
> B: if so what is the configuration on the security of the PST
> At this time when one person has access all others are refused with the
> error pst is in use.


From: Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] on
"Cottham" <Cottham(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a single Outlook 2007 pst placed on a group share, I need this to be
> accessable to eight seperate users all with individual mail accounts.
> A: is this possible

Not simultaneously.

> B: if so what is the configuration on the security of the PST
> At this time when one person has access all others are refused with the
> error pst is in use.

Correct. A PST can be opened in only a single instance of Outlook at one
time.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

From: neo on
If you don't have a Microsoft Exchange server onsite, then you have to go
3rd party and use things like....

4Team for Outlook
http://outlook.4team.biz/?fr=o4t_main

OLFolders (Quester Software)
http://www.olfolders.de/Lang/English/OLfolders/olw1.htm


"Cottham" <Cottham(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a single Outlook 2007 pst placed on a group share, I need this to be
> accessable to eight seperate users all with individual mail accounts.
> A: is this possible
> B: if so what is the configuration on the security of the PST
> At this time when one person has access all others are refused with the
> error pst is in use.

From: JGurtz on
"Cottham" wrote:

> I have a single Outlook 2007 pst placed on a group share, I need this to be
> accessable to eight seperate users all with individual mail accounts.
> A: is this possible
> B: if so what is the configuration on the security of the PST
> At this time when one person has access all others are refused with the
> error pst is in use.

Sharing PST files is not supported.

Accessing a PST file over the network is not supported