How to Sync Outlook email between Laptop Desktop and WirelessPDA P

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KJM

I have a desktop running XP Home with Office 2003 Prof
a HP Laptop with XP Home and Outlook 2003 Prof
and a Smansung i730 PDA phone with Windows WM2003 Pocket PC Phone edition
with Verizon dataplan/Wirelessync.

The laptop is used in a remote office which has a highspeed internet
connection.(Currently no VPN to the home office desktop)

The PDA is used while traveling.

I had been using PDA with Activesync to keep all the contacts, calendar and
tasks sync'd between the two computers, which worked very nicely.

Unfortunately, MS Activesync does not support Inbox/Email sync between
multiple pc.s That is the PDA will only sync outlook inbox to one pc. And
near as I can tell if you have two sync profiles set up it won't sync emails
with either one!

To further complicate matters, I know have a dataplan and can get emails
wirelessly on my pda. Curretnly via Pop3, although IMAP is also supported.

Verizon has a wirless sync option which allows you to sync outlook to their
server, or you can load a desktop server to sync the PDA phone to your
desktop, but that requires you to leave outlook open and your destop always
logged in. (this desktop has multi users) However, I would like to avoid
this wireless sync solution having had bad previous bacd experiences with
failed sync's when in marginal wireless data coverage areas .

The PDA always travels between the laptop and the desktop.

Anyone have any ideas on how to keep my inbox up to date on all three?

Right now, I have to delete emails on two devices after reading them. Plus
keeping Sent copies get's very tricky, as I can't really copy myself on any
outbound, because it will eventually be downloaded by the PDA device.

i realize I can delete email copies on the ISP's server, or save them when I
get my mail, but that alone doesn't solve the problem.

The only other idea I come up with which seems a bit grueling is to use the
PDA and a 1 gig SD card as way to pass a .pst file back and forth. But I
think that may cause problems, as the desktop Outlook as multiple user
profiles and only one XP user profile.

Adding a exchange server of my own is not a practical solution for my SOHO
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Office groups will be of no help to you. Try
microsoft.public.pocketpc.activesync to see if someone knows of third party
software that will do what you want.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, KJM asked:

| I have a desktop running XP Home with Office 2003 Prof
| a HP Laptop with XP Home and Outlook 2003 Prof
| and a Smansung i730 PDA phone with Windows WM2003 Pocket PC Phone
| edition with Verizon dataplan/Wirelessync.
|
| The laptop is used in a remote office which has a highspeed internet
| connection.(Currently no VPN to the home office desktop)
|
| The PDA is used while traveling.
|
| I had been using PDA with Activesync to keep all the contacts,
| calendar and tasks sync'd between the two computers, which worked
| very nicely.
|
| Unfortunately, MS Activesync does not support Inbox/Email sync between
| multiple pc.s That is the PDA will only sync outlook inbox to one
| pc. And near as I can tell if you have two sync profiles set up it
| won't sync emails with either one!
|
| To further complicate matters, I know have a dataplan and can get
| emails wirelessly on my pda. Curretnly via Pop3, although IMAP is
| also supported.
|
| Verizon has a wirless sync option which allows you to sync outlook to
| their server, or you can load a desktop server to sync the PDA phone
| to your desktop, but that requires you to leave outlook open and your
| destop always logged in. (this desktop has multi users) However, I
| would like to avoid this wireless sync solution having had bad
| previous bacd experiences with failed sync's when in marginal
| wireless data coverage areas .
|
| The PDA always travels between the laptop and the desktop.
|
| Anyone have any ideas on how to keep my inbox up to date on all three?
|
| Right now, I have to delete emails on two devices after reading them.
| Plus keeping Sent copies get's very tricky, as I can't really copy
| myself on any outbound, because it will eventually be downloaded by
| the PDA device.
|
| i realize I can delete email copies on the ISP's server, or save them
| when I get my mail, but that alone doesn't solve the problem.
|
| The only other idea I come up with which seems a bit grueling is to
| use the PDA and a 1 gig SD card as way to pass a .pst file back and
| forth. But I think that may cause problems, as the desktop Outlook
| as multiple user profiles and only one XP user profile.
|
| Adding a exchange server of my own is not a practical solution for my
| SOHO
 

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