What seems like many moons ago, I got the old Outlook 2002 .pst files imported with all the contacts. I then configured OL 2002 with my mail accounts at Yahoo (POP), with Comcast (my ISP), and with Gmail. At one point the mail was fully functional, but I had another challenge accessing Contacts and understanding Profiles.
Now, after countless iterations, I am no longer concerned with Contacts and other Archived Folders...I'll get to that later....
UPDATE
The Comcast account is now the only one that is fully functional. The Yahoo and the Gmail accounts now return the following error when I press the "test account settings" button:
"Send test e-mail message: Unable to send test message. Please verify the E-mail address field"
Another Error message I?ve seen along the way:
?Task 'pop.gmail.com - Sending and Receiving' reported error (0x8004210
: 'Outlook is unable to connect to your incoming (POP3) e-mail server. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP)?
I have even run the Detect and Repair function with the MS Office inserted.
I have verified everything up one side and down the other. I have tried all sorts of combinations. I am at a loss to figure this one out and, as usual, look forward to help from the experts, geniuses and comrades here.
I AM RUNNING:
Toshiba laptop
Outlook 2002 (updated)
Avast! antivirus (same problem with Avast! disabled)
Home network - DLink Router
XP Pro, SP3
Window's firewall with exception for Outlook.exe
WHAT I HAVE TRIED:
Uninstalling the copy of Outlook 2003 Pro which came with the machine
Uninstalling everything I could find that is Outlook related including folders like Office 10, Office 11, Outlook, etc?.in the Local Settings folder
Running CCleaner
Reinstalling Office 2002 from my purchased copy
Made different Profiles via Control Panel \ Mail
Triple checked all mail settings
Tried all kinds of combinations of checked and un-checked options boxes in mail settings
Tried alternate SMTP ports 25, 465,or 587
Tried with Windows Firewall off. (Will install Comodo later)
Changed server timeout time from 1 min to 2 min (error returns with 5-20 seconds anyway)
Tried putting Comcast/ISP SMTP data into Server Information box (changed ?plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.com? to ?smtp.comcast.net?)
Comcast: fully functional. Yahoo and Gmail?receive but can not send. ARGHHhhhh!
Oh please?.my Kingdom for the answer (j/k ? how about a nice big Thank You?)?please make my Gmail and Yahoo email accounts work from within Outlook.
I?ll get to importing contacts, accessing archived folders, and synchronizing with Blackberry later. That'll be easy I think.
Thank you in advance.
drcarl
Greetings,
I need help importing or associating .pst data with a profile. Actually I'm not sure if importing the .pst is the right way to do it.
Details: My old computer crashed. Someone gave me a new one (new to me at least). Running XP Home on a Toshiba laptop. I have installed Office 2002 XP and am interested in re-populating Outlook 2002 XP.
I had a million problems with getting my mail settings working. Along the way, I made a new Profile by way of Start, Control Panel, Mail and Bingo! All mail settings were healed! But with a new, empty profile.
Now I have two profiles! One is called "Outlook" which has contacts, an Inbox with many sub-folders, sent mail, etc. But the mail settings do not work. I get "Operation Failed" and the test e-mail settings fails to authenticate. ANYway, the "Outlook" profile is populated and has bad mail settings. (Took about 12 hours to import this data.)
The other that I made is "Carl 52," but it's essentially empty except for the fresh e-mail it successfully accepted from my e-mail accounts. I just backed this profile up as a .pst file in order to save the mail after whatever brilliant ideas I get and try....lol...
My current challenge is to somehow import all the stuff (mail, contacts, Inbox and sub-folders) into the "Carl 52" profile, either from the "Outlook" profile, or from the 6 month old .pst file. WITHOUT messing-up my now working e-mail settings. Then perhaps delete the "Outlook" profile (or just let it sit).
I'd like to do this in the most efficient way. My old .pst file is on an external drive. I am about to copy them to the new computer's hard drive for future speedy access.
After all this, I want to Import 3 other files which I save called "Archive 001" "Archive 002" and "Archive 003."
Like everything, this is probably easy (once you know how -lol).
I'd love some step-by-step directions...
Thank you in advance,
Dr Carl
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