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Setting GMAIL IMAP as DEFAULT .pst file

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alexcorper
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Please help. I have outlook 07 and am trying to set my gmail IMAP folder to be my default .pst

Can't i set this new gmail .pst as the default data file and remove existing Personal Folders that came as default with Outlook? When i select this gmail .pst data file the "Set as default" option in Outlook gets disabled? Why?

Thanks

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jd2066
jd2066
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Outlook doesn't allow IMAP accounts to be the default because you can't store non-mail folders like calender, journal, notes or contacts on it.

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alexcorper
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Oh, that makes sense. Is there anything you'd recommend I do to streamline use of IMAP and Outlook?

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jd2066
jd2066
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Unfortunately I can't recommend anything as I don't use Outlook. Most of the information on it I have are from a brief period of using it with Hotmail and things I've read online. I found the above information by searching for "Outlook IMAP" on support.microsoft.com .

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