How do I sync with an offline .pst containing contacts?

[Guest]

I am running Office Outlook 2003 with SP1 in a domain environment using
Exchange. My Contacts appear on the Exchange server under my username. I
would like to store my contacts offline, on my local machine in a .pst file
with high encryption for security. I have the .pst file view opened in
Outlook and I can see all the contacts just fine. However, I am trying to
get ActiveSync 3.8 to sync with those offline contacts. How can I designate
the offline .pst as the default contacts location so that I can sync them
with my PocketPC?

Thanks!

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

IIRC, ActiveSync can only synchronize your default Contacts folder, which would be the one in your Exchange mailbox.

 

[Guest]

I appreciate the reply. So, it seems like I might find the answer in an
Activesync newsgroup? Too bad Outlook 2003 doesn't let you change the
default Contacts location.

-B.Hall

 

[Oliver Vukovics]

Dear bhall007,

have a look on this site:
http://www.slipstick.com/addins/olpda.htm

we tested XTNDconnectPC to synchronise also "not default" PST files with
Palm and PDAs.

I think they will have a 30 days trial version. There also other programs
listed on slipstick that supports "not default" PST files (e.g. Lookout or
Intellisync).

 

[Guest]

So it CAN be done! Thanks Oliver for the post, I'll look into XTNDconnectPC.

bhall007

 

[Guest]

Too bad there isn't a demo version available to test it out as it costs $60.
If you are aware of any other products that let you do this, please post.
Thanks!

 

[Guest]

Actually, another user posted in the ActiveSync newsgroup and I found the
following tool does exactly this and it works wonders. It's called
Intellisync. Microsoft should buy Intellisync and incorporate it into
ActiveSync. Here is his post:

Hi,
ActiveSync synchronizing with the PC defaults to the default folder for
calendar and contacts. If you need to specify the folder to sync, I suggest
that you look at Intellisync from www.pumatech.com [also www.intellisync.com]