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Sychronising Outlook
oval TOFU - June 15th, 2006 at 09:55 AM

I'm operating between my desktop and laptop during the night and day.. is there anyway I can sync my emails and stuff on Outlook?

Cheers

This is sooo VW, it's not funny...

blutopless2 - June 15th, 2006 at 10:03 AM

is your laptop in the beetle tho? :duh

oval TOFU - June 15th, 2006 at 10:05 AM

yeh! it actually is! I TRANSPORT the lappy in my oval ;) :thumb

empi - June 15th, 2006 at 10:48 AM

I have an empi sticker on my laptop ... close enough!

kabv - June 15th, 2006 at 10:48 AM

if you set outlook to leave emails on the server then your inbox should be the same, but your isp will have a limit on the amount that can be kept on the server.

empi - June 15th, 2006 at 10:51 AM

Ah! Brains and beauty at work ere!

oval TOFU - June 15th, 2006 at 10:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by kabv
if you set outlook to leave emails on the server then your inbox should be the same, but your isp will have a limit on the amount that can be kept on the server.


So there's no way of 'copying' the emails from one system to another? like you can sync your PDA or mobile with Outlook's organiser function?

*did* - June 15th, 2006 at 10:58 PM

there probably is a way but i've never tried it.
possibly use a 3rd party application to sync everything maybe...

hipichic - June 16th, 2006 at 10:19 PM

It'd be clunky but you could probably just archive all your emails each time and copy the .pst file and.pab file between machines with a usb stick.

oval TOFU - June 17th, 2006 at 05:13 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by hipichic
It'd be clunky but you could probably just archive all your emails each time and copy the .pst file and.pab file between machines with a usb stick.


Yeh, that might be an idea.. I'll keep scouting though...

Where can I change the 'download from server' option to leave the messages on the server?

hipichic - June 17th, 2006 at 06:30 PM

Tools>account settings>select the email account> more settings> advanced tab.

Though I'm using the Outlook 2007 beta, so it's probably in a silghtly different spot

squizy - June 17th, 2006 at 08:41 PM

Get Lotus Notes and just run two local replicants - one on each machine.

1500S - June 18th, 2006 at 09:45 AM

If you want the e-mail to come to your main computer but still want to access it from a laptop (or anywhere else in the world) you are better off to use your webmail feature which most ISPs have. That way, all mail is still on the server to download to your main computer when you open it's Outlook.

DH