Allison, Looks like you have it the other way round then he uses an English client (IE you should use the same exmerge client as the user, in this case English) and that's why you can't delete the English but you can delete the German version.
Cheers Paul Standards are like toothbrushes, everyone wants one but not yours -----Original Message----- From: Allison M. Wittstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 September 2002 12:07 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Doubles of all Outlookfolders Hallo Paul, The 2 machines that I used Exmerge on were both German. It was the Outlook client that was in English -- I just wanted to open his mailbox to verify that #1 he could login and #2 his data was there. Allison On Mon, 23 Sep 2002, you wrote: > Allison, > > When Exmerging you should use the PC with the version of Outlook of that > language (here we have to use Japanese Outlook). > > Cheers > > Paul > > Standards are like toothbrushes, > everyone wants one but not yours > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Allison M. Wittstock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 23 September 2002 10:56 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Doubles of all Outlookfolders > > > Hello, > > So I used Exmerge exported all of my user's data and re-imported them on the > new server. Worked fine. Except... > > I went to my users' PCs and opened their Outlooks (v2000) and tested that > everything was OK (I only have 8 users so this wasn't a big deal, and I > needed > to set a registery key on their machines anyway). > > There was however 1 laptop user who had his machine at home, so I couldn't > login to his machine and test his mailbox. So, I opened it on a workstation > (running Office 2000 English version), saw everything was OK, and logged > out. I > didn't notice double objects, though. > > This morning he says he has doubles of all of the Outlook folders: contacts, > calendar, notes, etc. One has the English name and the other is the German > name. All new emails are going in the "Inbox" (and not into the > "Posteingang" > were all of the old mails are), and users trying to read his "Kalender" see > only > his "Calendar", which of course, is empty. > > > How do I fix it? Can he safely copy the old data into the English folders > and then delete the German ones? Thankfully the user does not care which > language the folders display. > > Both Exchange servers are Exchange 2000 (German) > Client is Outlook 2000 (German) with Windows 98 (German) > > Regards, > Allison Wittstock > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > **************************************************************************** ******************* > The information contained in this message or any of its attachments may be confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). Any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited without the express permission of the sender. The views expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily those of Sony or Sony affiliated companies. Sony email is for business use only. > > This email and any response may be monitored by Sony United Kingdom Limited. > (6) > **************************************************************************** ******************* > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
