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Ken,
The problem is bi-directional syncing, which is _hard_.
One-way syncing is easy - namely that you have one PC defined as the
master, and everything else copies PSTs from there. (Using some clever
delta-block copy, or even simply a re-org of PST files so the calendar and
contacts live in a different one to the mail). However this
effectively
makes the other PCs read-only devices :-(
In theory, you could write a batch file on each PC "updae
The _best_ way is, of course, to use a Server, and have
each outlook syncing directly with that and using OST
files rather
than PST ones. I'm assuming that this isn't on :-(
-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt
[mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Mon 27/05/2002 11:41
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Cc:
Subject: RE:
[ukha_d] Synchronising Differnet Copies of Outlook
I don't think I was perhaps clear enough there are several
ways of doing
this.
I can synch the phone to one LAN (whichever)
then to the laptop or synch
the laptop directly over the LAN. Although I
would prefer the be able to
synch the laptop directly with the two work
PC's I use and that would
really be all I have to do, the rest is pretty
easy to sort out after
that's in place.
So I suppose that the
basic
question is, can I get two copies of Outlook
to synch with one another
over
a LAN?
TBH I don't care how it does it so long as all the copies of
Outlook and
the phone all tell me the same thing
>
-----Original
Message-----
> From: BUTLER, Tony, FM [mailto:tony.butler@xxxxxxx]
>
Sent: 27 May 2002 10:32
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject:
RE: [ukha_d] Synchronising Differnet Copies of Outlook
>
>
Kenneth,
>
> I'd ve _very_ careful with this kind of thing if I
were you.
> The times I've played with syncing say phone to pda to
PC,
it's just
> turned
> into a complete nightmare.
>
eg:
Add a contact to the phone
> Sync it to
the PDA
> PDA sayd 'not seen this
before,
I'll add it thanks'
> Sync PDA to
PC
> PC says 'haven't got this one
mate,
must be coz I deleted it - so
you
> delete it
please'
> Sync PDA to phone
again
> PDA says 'see this contact -
I've
deleted it, so you delete it
> please'
>
> end result -
contact disappears from all locations.
>
> If you are only ever
going to update one device and have the others
always
>
overwritten
when syncing then you should be okay, but then you forget,
add
>
a
> new appointment to your PDA and it gets lost next time you sync
to
the
> 'master' source :-(
>
> .Net MyServices mate -
store
it all on a server in Redmond and you can
> access your calendar etc
whereever you have internet access and a web
> browser.......maybe
:)
>
>
> Tony
>
>
> > -----Original
Message-----
> > From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kennwatt@xxxxxxx]
>
> Sent: 27 May 2002 10:19
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ukha_d] Synchronising Differnet Copies of Outlook
>
>
> >
> > Folks, I believe that this must be possible
somehow...
> >
> > If you hook up an iPaq or similar to a
machine with Outlook running
on
> > it the machines can be
synch'd
using (IIRC) Active Synch from MS
which
> > (again IIRC) is a
freebie. What I want to be able to do is *exactly*
> > what that
does
only over a LAN/WLAN so that all the Outlook installs
> > contain
the
same info.
> >
> > The reason being that Infuzer (cheers
Mark) gives me the weather, my
> > phone and laptop hold all my
appointments and stuff for the
> > day but all
> > the
work
stuff is on the work PC's. It is a bit lengthy to use the
> >
import/export and not really that convenient to do so, apart
from
the
> > fact I have to remember to do it, which is a task
itself!
> >
> > So in theory what I want the laptop to
do,
in particular, is when it
> > connects via WLAN to either the home
or
the work LAN that it
> > would scan
> > for the Outlook
installs and synch the PST files on all the
machines.
> > Then
I
can synch it with the phone and all things equal, I should
then
>
> know on whatever device I look at what I'm supposed to be doing
that
> > day!
> >
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