How Can I Synchronize Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2003 Folders

[Peter D]

System #1 has Outlook 2003 and is permanently connected to the
network.System #2 has Outlook 2000 and can be connected to the network but
is mobile (it's a laptop).

I want to use either/or as aI please for e-mail, calendar, etc. I'm
supposing that means making sure each has an identical set of folders/an
identical PSTs. Because either could have an open PST, I don't think
copying/overwritng a PST on one or the other is a good idea.

No MS Exchange Server. And no Net Folders inOutlook 2003 :-(. I'm not really
familiar with the concept of Offline Folders, but would that be a way to do
it?

Also, a PDA ia available. How complicated is that to use as a 'bridge'
between the two systems? It seems to me that it would require some
complicated steps to achieve an up-to-date copy on each system. Let's say #1
is getting the e-mail. Then PDA is synced with #1. Now #2 is getting some
new e-mail and PDA is synced with #2. Now PDA has to be re-synced with #1 to
get it up-to-date.

Any ideas?

 

[Brian Tillman]

System #1 has Outlook 2003 and is permanently connected to the
network.System #2 has Outlook 2000 and can be connected to the
network but is mobile (it's a laptop).

I want to use either/or as aI please for e-mail, calendar, etc. I'm
supposing that means making sure each has an identical set of
folders/an identical PSTs. Because either could have an open PST, I
don't think copying/overwritng a PST on one or the other is a good
idea.

Some syncing ideas can be found here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.htm

Also, a PDA ia available. How complicated is that to use as a 'bridge'
between the two systems?

Not complicated at all, if the PDA is a Windows Mobile PDA. That's how I
keep my work and home mailboxes synced. Just drop the PDA in the cradle at
work, let it sync, take it home and drop in the cradle there (I have two
cradles). In the morning, back to work it goes to carry with it any updates
I made at home. If you have wireless on the PDA, you can use that to sync
without a cradle.

It seems to me that it would require some
complicated steps to achieve an up-to-date copy on each system. Let's
say #1 is getting the e-mail. Then PDA is synced with #1. Now #2 is
getting some new e-mail and PDA is synced with #2. Now PDA has to be
re-synced with #1 to get it up-to-date.

Of course it has to be connected to each machine in turn, but I can't
imagine anyone calling that process "complicated."

 

[Peter D]

Further to this, does anyone know if the older Palm Pilot can work with
Outlook 2000 on one system and Outlook 2003 on the other? Without additional
software/out of the box?

How about PDAs in general? Do they all work with Outlook 2000/2003 out of
the box? Would having two different versions of Outlook cause any problems
with the syncing via a PDA?
Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

How about PDAs in general? Do they all work with Outlook 2000/2003
out of the box? Would having two different versions of Outlook cause
any problems with the syncing via a PDA?

I synch my Windows Mobile PDA with Outlook 2000, 20002, and 2003.