Searching email in Exchange

Using Windows Desktop Search on XP allowed me to index all my email accounts
from our corporate Exchange (2003) server and (it then stored the index
localy).

Using Vista Search, this does not seem to be the case. Using 'Indexing
Options' --> Modify --> Microsoft Office Outlook, I only see my primary email
address (i don't see any of my other accounts) and it is grayed out. When I
hover with the pointer, it says "This email store will not be indexed by
default unless it is cached localy. To enable indexing you need to adjust
your Outlook email account settings to cache email localy" - which is of
course a pain - i have 4 PC/Laptops and my email accounts included gigabytes
of stuff.

Any solution to this conundrum? Is it not possible to force Vista Search to
index directly from Exchange and store the index localy (as was the case on
XP)?

Thanks in advance!

S. Alter

It's possible to index non-cached stores but it's not enabled by default.

There's a Group Policy to enable this called "Prevent indexing uncached
Exchange folders" which needs to be disabled.

"S. Alter" <S. Alter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:593B36C4-8978-489B-8CC2-DF0305A154B8@microsoft.com...
> Using Windows Desktop Search on XP allowed me to index all my email
> accounts
> from our corporate Exchange (2003) server and (it then stored the index
> localy).
>
> Using Vista Search, this does not seem to be the case. Using 'Indexing
> Options' --> Modify --> Microsoft Office Outlook, I only see my primary
> email
> address (i don't see any of my other accounts) and it is grayed out. When
> I
> hover with the pointer, it says "This email store will not be indexed by
> default unless it is cached localy. To enable indexing you need to adjust
> your Outlook email account settings to cache email localy" - which is of
> course a pain - i have 4 PC/Laptops and my email accounts included
> gigabytes
> of stuff.
>
> Any solution to this conundrum? Is it not possible to force Vista Search
> to
> index directly from Exchange and store the index localy (as was the case
> on
> XP)?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> S. Alter