Re: Can you choose WHAT and WHERE to back up in Outlook 2003?


Brian Tillman wrote:
elenasofia_71@xxxxxxxxx <elenasofia_71@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks for the explanation. At one point does it become
multi-posting?

As soon as you post exactly the same message to each group separately rather
than including all the groups in one post.

Say I wait a day or two, or a month, and the answer
that I get is either not satisfactory, incomplete, or there is simply
no answer.

Since this is not an official Microsoft support medium and the people who
answer are volunteers who answer on their own time and do not work for
Microsoft, some questions may never be answered, either because no one knows
the answer, or because no one has the time to answer. My opinion is that
you shouldn't ask in more than one group (the one that seems the most
appriopriate and the m.p.outlook.general group is more appropriate than just
m.p.outlook; no one really should be posting in m.p.outlook - it's really
just a container for the real groups), avoiding even crossposting, and then
waiting up to a couple of weeks for an answer. If you get none in that
time, reporting or posting again in a different group would make sense to
me.

If I were to post the a similar question to another
newsgroup, would that be multi-post?

Depends on how similar. If it covers the exact same question, but is worded
differently, then, yes, it's a multipost.

This is what I did, except that
I waited one or two days. Perhaps too soon? Judging from the answer
that I received, it became apparent to me that it was over my head,
so I tried asking a similar question in a newsgroup that perhaps was
more appropriate.

When I read the two posts, they seemed to me to be pretty much the same
question and asked within a fairly short time frame. If you get an answer
in one newsgroup, asking the same question in another newsgroup because you
didn't understand the answer is probably not a good approach. Instead,
asking for clarifying information on the answer you did receive and keeping
the thread in one group may be a better approach.

It's just one person's opinion, though.
--
Brian Tillman

Brian,

I appreciate that you took the time to explain. This is very helpful.

By the way, do you have any suggestions on how I can "separate" my
tasks, contacts, and calendar (which are largely personal) from my
e-mail (which is exclusively for work)? I have my Current View so that
I can view everything, and so it seems to me that getting a different
Outlook profile may not be practical, unless I am missing something.

Thanks.

Elena Sofia Ricci

.

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