Common inbox on 2 computers in Windows Mail?

I am using Windows Vista and it came with Windows Mail. (not live mail online) We then got another laptop also with windows mail but when i receive the email on one computer, i can't see it on the other. That is ok, because it is saving it to the computer and not the account.



What I want to do is have a common inbox throughout both laptops. We have a network hard drive and I want to change the store directory to somewhere there. However, when i try to change the directory, i can't click ok because it is greyed out.



ps. To change the store directory, I go to Tools --%26gt; Options --%26gt; Advanced --%26gt; Maintenance --%26gt; Store Directory.



If anyone knows how I can change the store directory to the network drive so you can see the same emails on each computer, this would be a big help. The network hard drive is part of our home wireless network.Common inbox on 2 computers in Windows Mail?
Here's an even better solution to your problem. How would it be if both laptops could get the same email, no matter where they are? There's a simple setting in Windows Mail that can handle that for you. We use this all the time in business situations where a user has a desktop and a laptop and wants to use the same address and get the same email whether they're on the road or in the office.



Go to Tools/Accounts and then select the account you want to work with. Click the Properties button.



On the Advanced tab the last control says ';Delivery';, check the box that says 'Leave a copy on the server', and check the box that says 'Remove from server when deleted from 'Deleted Items';.



That will leave a copy on the email server for the other machine to pick up and it will delete any mail that you delete in Windows Mail.



It's a good idea to set a span of 30 days or what ever is the most time that you think will pass between both machines doing a mail check to synchronize the mail download. In other words, set the 'Remove from server after ____ day(s)' to enough time that you will be sure to have checked the email on both machines. That way the old mail won't pile up on the server past a certain period but you'll still have downloaded it all to Windows Mail.



It's important that you do this, as your ISP or sysadmin will automatically delete the mail in the mailbox on the server if it gets too full.Common inbox on 2 computers in Windows Mail?
are you going in on the admin. account?
CloaknDag's answer is the best solution for you. The Store Directory is only for archiving messages, not for active inbox messages.