Synchronize Email

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I am not sure if this question would better be asked in Office or here,
probably a little bit of both - anyway: can I sync my Outlook (2003) emails
in my network between my PC and my laptop using SyncToy? If not, how can I
have all received and sent mails on both computers?
 
Wish said:
I am not sure if this question would better be asked in Office or here,
probably a little bit of both - anyway: can I sync my Outlook (2003) emails
in my network between my PC and my laptop using SyncToy? If not, how can I
have all received and sent mails on both computers?
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Might be interesting to know why you want to do this. Besides the
obvious that you want all mail on a 2nd PC.
Are you using POP3 or Exchange?
I have 2 pc's and one, lets say the slave pc, I just set POP3 to 'leave
a copy on the server'. Then when I go to the other, master pc, I again
download the mail and have a copy of it. Everything is on the
Master, but only part of it is on the slave. It works in my world.
 
Wish I was diving said:
I am not sure if this question would better be asked in Office or
here, probably a little bit of both - anyway: can I sync my Outlook
(2003) emails in my network between my PC and my laptop using
SyncToy? If not, how can I have all received and sent mails on both
computers?
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Check out www.slipstick.com for some possible options - but I'd say the best
option would be to move from POP3 & PST files, to hosted Exchange. PST files
are not meant to be transportable like that - nothing native in Outlook will
let you sync data - and I'd be nervous trying to sync anything like this
without Exchange.
 
Yeah Big Al - I thought about that too. Trouble is: my 'main' email account
is a POP3 that can ONLY be accessed via Dialup (OK, would be possible via
Webmail and broadband but then ... how do I get those mails into the Outlook
pst folders?), my newer, secondary mail is accessable via broadband and I use
it to send/receive larger files like pictures (of which I need to send and
receive enough). I don't necessarily need the pictures on both machines, but
the 'normal' mails often contain information I need - preferably when I am
somewhere with my laptop and cannot access them (the devil never sleeps).
Since I cut my phone bill by some 200 US per month I don't feel like going
back to the old ways (the phone bill being one reason why I more often WISH I
was diving than I actually dive :) !). So unless no better MO comes up I
guess I will just have to download large files via broadband, delete them
from the server and then download the rest twice.
Thanks for the thought though!
Now let's see what Lanwench has to say .....
 
Thanks, Lanwench. Well, I guess I make myself wise about Exchange then. Seems
to be the better option - long term. I only added a broadband connection
recently but my contract with the other ISP still runs for some 9 or 10
months (NO broadband available there). But that would mean that I have to
download my 'main' address via Webmail - does that work together with
Exchange? If yes I see no reason not to go for it.
 
Wish I was diving said:
Thanks, Lanwench. Well, I guess I make myself wise about Exchange
then. Seems to be the better option - long term. I only added a
broadband connection recently but my contract with the other ISP
still runs for some 9 or 10 months (NO broadband available there).
But that would mean that I have to download my 'main' address via
Webmail - does that work together with Exchange? If yes I see no
reason not to go for it. '
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I'm not really sure what you mean by "download my main address" - can you
clarify ?

You'll need a registered domain name to use hosted Exchange - those are
pretty inexpensive to register now. I'd check out www.mailstreet.com for
Exchange hosting. They're my current fave.

Perhaps your current mail provider can do a forward until you can wean
senders off your old address. It's great to have your own domain - you never
have to change e-mail addresses again, no matter where you move!
 
Hi Lanwench - when I speak of my 'main address' I mean the email address all
my customers have. I do have my own domain for the business and as you say
it's a great thing. But living in Indonesia I face certain difficulties you
guys in the civilized world probably don't know of. For example: when I
registered my domain a couple of years ago broadband was virtually unknown
here and the ISP that hosts my domain doesn't provide it to this day (not
because he's that bad but because he has mighty adversaries who wouldn't like
to see him offering this service - it's all politics). I choose my name 'Wish
I was diving' also because due to dial-up costs setting me back around $ 200
a month it was mostly a wish. Since I have a broadband connection I can use
for large files like pictures (I need that a lot) from another ISP I reduced
those costs significantly and will soon offer myself as shark food again.
The contract with the domain host goes for another 8 months or so. When it
nears the end I will make myself wise on how to move domain and email address
to my new ISP. I am sure you understand that changing your private email
address is unpleasant but changing the business address you've built up is
nothing less than a nightmare.
Right now I have my emails in two - actually three - places: In Outlook on
both the PC and Laptop, and downloaded via webmail on the broadband
connection. This is sometimes very inconvenient to say the least and going to
Exchange with the open question of my non-broadband ISP really scares me. I
am aware that action is required to simplify matters for me but it needs to
be done right.
I hope this lenghtly explanation gives you a picture of how mean the ghosts
are I am fighting :)
Thanks for all!
 
Wish I was diving said:
Hi Lanwench - when I speak of my 'main address' I mean the email
address all my customers have. I do have my own domain for the
business and as you say it's a great thing. But living in Indonesia I
face certain difficulties you guys in the civilized world probably
don't know of. For example: when I registered my domain a couple of
years ago broadband was virtually unknown here and the ISP that hosts
my domain doesn't provide it to this day (not because he's that bad
but because he has mighty adversaries who wouldn't like to see him
offering this service - it's all politics). I choose my name 'Wish I
was diving' also because due to dial-up costs setting me back around
$ 200 a month it was mostly a wish. Since I have a broadband
connection I can use for large files like pictures (I need that a
lot) from another ISP I reduced those costs significantly and will
soon offer myself as shark food again. The contract with the domain
host goes for another 8 months or so. When it nears the end I will
make myself wise on how to move domain and email address to my new
ISP. I am sure you understand that changing your private email
address is unpleasant but changing the business address you've built
up is nothing less than a nightmare.
Right now I have my emails in two - actually three - places: In
Outlook on both the PC and Laptop, and downloaded via webmail on the
broadband connection. This is sometimes very inconvenient to say the
least and going to Exchange with the open question of my
non-broadband ISP really scares me. I am aware that action is
required to simplify matters for me but it needs to be done right.
I hope this lenghtly explanation gives you a picture of how mean the
ghosts are I am fighting :)
Thanks for all!
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My sympathies :)

My question is, why can't you change your mail hosting for your business
domain *independently* of your ISP? What does one have to do with the other?
Whomever hosts your public DNS can simply change your MX records to point
wherever you like, surely.

You can send out a mass mail to your customers if you are changing
addresses, but since you have your own domain name, I guess I'm not sure why
that would be necessary in the first place.

Anyway, good luck, and don't drink any chum thinking it's vegetable
boullion.
 
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