Outlook XP & Synching two PCs

[Cliff]

OK, I have one client, two PCs. He has a desktop at his office, a Sony
notebook for the road AND, here it comes, a Nokia 9290 Communicator synching
to both PCs. What I have done thus far is set up his mail on his desktop,
tweaked it out so far as folders, rules, etc, and then exported to *.pst and
imported onto the notebook. So, I have two PCs with identical e-mail
profiles, etc. All is good so far.

Now, when he fires up the notebook on the road and is gone for say a day or
week or more, he then gets back to the office and has two DIFFERENT e-mail
environments as all the mail on the notebook is not on the desktop, and this
goes for calendar events, notes, contacts, etc.

I haven't even gotten to the phone yet. He can cradle the phone in a cradle
and synch it to Outlook but since the phone only keeps e-mails that are in
the Inbox, that doesn't help much. He has MANY folders and rules written
that move most of the mail to folders when it arrive. The phone can keep
the calendar and contacts synched, but the mail is going to be a problem.

I'm thinking of putting his mail profile somewhere on a server that can be
accessed via citrix (which he already has) but don't know if I can synch the
phone that way. The phone has to be connected to the PC to synch.

I'm looking for ideas here. I need both PCs to use the same e-mail profile
and be able to synch the phone to that same profile. Any ideas?

Thank you.

Cliff

 

[LB]

I use a portable hard drive with the pst file on the portable hard drive.
The e-mail accounts have to be set up separately. The rules can be exported
from one computer to the other.

However, Outlook is always in sync because there is only one pst file.

To set it up, create a pst file on the portable hard drive (or copy you
current one) and delete the current one on the computer. Then when it can't
find the file direct Outlook to the hard drive pst file.

I'be been doing this for 5 years with no problem.

LBB

 

[Thomas Wetzel]

Hello Cliff,

What you need is a synchronization tool. Have a look at
www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm or at my signature for a powerful tool.

Thomas Wetzel
Outlook synchronization for mobile users
www.synchpst.com