If you configure Outlook with the same email settings from your provider, the emails should be received on both computers. If you do that, just be sure to go into the settings in outlook and mark the box about keeping the incoming email on the server for 15 (or however many you want) days, otherwise after being viewed on one computer it will not be available to the other.

Are the emails stored in a file on the laptop that i could put on a thumb drive and then add to the file on my desktop?

do you have the exact same email address on both or do you have 2 different email addresses you are trying to merge?
Because if they are exactly the same and you are using the same email client, outlook, and it is configured the same, as Owbist said you will get your email on both computers. You can check your settings in which ever one you had set up originally and then use those settings to set up the other one, tell it to get all mail and hold mail on server as said.

If you are dealing with 2 different email addresses you have to add the new address to the email client as a new account/address for it to fetch.

ravencajun, I'm not Owbist, but if I have to be confused with someone, that's a nice compliament : )!

I think treeman wants to move email that has already downloaded to his laptop to his desktop. Having never used outlook I'm no help.

bob414 has it right, they are already downloaded and I want to store them all on my desktop

oh my you are so right you are not Owbist! I am sorry mes444! But I agree if I had to be mixed up with someone Owbist would be a good choice! My eyes are failing me today! Please excuse these old eyeballs of mine and my failing brain cells LOL

I do not use Outlook at all either so hopefully someone who does will drop in and help.

off to clean my glasses!

I did a little looking around and found this site which looks like it might have the answer to your problem.