Password protection - question re PST and Profile

I have apprx 21 user prompts set up for Outlook 2007.

My questions are:
1) is there a limit of profiles, that can be set up?
2) if I use a PST password - can it be the same as the profile password?
3) I am correct in saying that when I get prompted for the profile to use -
it will prompt me for both the PST and Profile password?

Brian
Wed Mar 26 17:18:39 PDT 2008

John D Leonard -- Sage <sage.grp@comcast.net> wrote:

> I have apprx 21 user prompts set up for Outlook 2007.
>
> My questions are:
> 1) is there a limit of profiles, that can be set up?

I've never heard of one.

> 2) if I use a PST password - can it be the same as the profile
> password?

Sure. It can be whatever you want. However, mail profiles don't have
passwords. Are you referring to the Windows user profiles? If so, you
don't need to password-protect the PSTs. Password-protect the Windows
users.

> 3) I am correct in saying that when I get prompted for the
> profile to use - it will prompt me for both the PST and Profile
> password?

It will prompt you for whatever password is associated with the PST
referenced by the mail profile. I don't believe the mail profile itself has
a password, as I said.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

John
Thu Mar 27 05:27:15 PDT 2008

Thanks for the reply Brian

What I should have said was - the E-mail Pop 3 password, instead of profile.

I have tested and both will work . just did not know whether or not they
can be the same.

I will test that today


"Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> John D Leonard -- Sage <sage.grp@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> I have apprx 21 user prompts set up for Outlook 2007.
>>
>> My questions are:
>> 1) is there a limit of profiles, that can be set up?
>
> I've never heard of one.
>
>> 2) if I use a PST password - can it be the same as the profile
>> password?
>
> Sure. It can be whatever you want. However, mail profiles don't have
> passwords. Are you referring to the Windows user profiles? If so, you
> don't need to password-protect the PSTs. Password-protect the Windows
> users.
>
>> 3) I am correct in saying that when I get prompted for the
>> profile to use - it will prompt me for both the PST and Profile
>> password?
>
> It will prompt you for whatever password is associated with the PST
> referenced by the mail profile. I don't believe the mail profile itself
> has a password, as I said.
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

John
Thu Mar 27 06:06:39 PDT 2008

Yes - I have my own answer they can be the same password
"John D Leonard -- Sage" <sage.grp@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply Brian
>
> What I should have said was - the E-mail Pop 3 password, instead of
> profile.
>
> I have tested and both will work . just did not know whether or not they
> can be the same.
>
> I will test that today
>
>
> "Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eoPqOC6jIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> John D Leonard -- Sage <sage.grp@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I have apprx 21 user prompts set up for Outlook 2007.
>>>
>>> My questions are:
>>> 1) is there a limit of profiles, that can be set up?
>>
>> I've never heard of one.
>>
>>> 2) if I use a PST password - can it be the same as the profile
>>> password?
>>
>> Sure. It can be whatever you want. However, mail profiles don't have
>> passwords. Are you referring to the Windows user profiles? If so, you
>> don't need to password-protect the PSTs. Password-protect the Windows
>> users.
>>
>>> 3) I am correct in saying that when I get prompted for the
>>> profile to use - it will prompt me for both the PST and Profile
>>> password?
>>
>> It will prompt you for whatever password is associated with the PST
>> referenced by the mail profile. I don't believe the mail profile itself
>> has a password, as I said.
>> --
>> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]
>

Brian
Thu Mar 27 12:31:05 PDT 2008

John D Leonard -- Sage <sage.grp@comcast.net> wrote:

> Yes - I have my own answer they can be the same password

What I said.
--
Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]