Mobile with Entourage

[kevs]

I've never gotten a laptop, so my question is this:

If I clone my Mac HD to a new laptop
1) Will I be able to easily receive/send e mail with all currents accounts
on the road at hotels? Do hotels need WiFi? How does that work.
2) What do I do when I get home to synchronize that what Entourage has on
the laptop to match what Entourage has at home.

Also curious if anyone has dealt with e mail with iphone or itouch and how
that experience compares to doing it will full fledged laptop
Thanks
Kevs




OS 10.4.11
Office 2004

 

[Diane Ross]

I've never gotten a laptop, so my question is this:

If I clone my Mac HD to a new laptop
1) Will I be able to easily receive/send e mail with all currents accounts
on the road at hotels? Do hotels need WiFi? How does that work.

Send and receive E-mail while Traveling

2) What do I do when I get home to synchronize that what Entourage has on
the laptop to match what Entourage has at home.

Best option is to use IMAP. Otherwise you will need to copy over your
updated Entourage Identity to your home computer.

Also curious if anyone has dealt with e mail with iphone or itouch and how
that experience compares to doing it will full fledged laptop

Can't help with this one. You might ask again with a subject like:

Using iPhone with Entourage

 

[kevs]

Send and receive E-mail while Traveling


Best option is to use IMAP. Otherwise you will need to copy over your
updated Entourage Identity to your home computer.

Can't help with this one. You might ask again with a subject like:

Using iPhone with Entourage

Thanks Diane, as usual with those links, they are often robotic and
difficult to understand. It's talking about something about ports and a lot
of other troubles shooting I have no idea about.. Lets try again:

I clone my Mac HD onto a laptop. I go to a hotel in NY, will I be able to
send and receive just like I do at home in LA?

Then what do I do when I get home?

Does anyone use the iphone or touch yet? It would seem those things are not
as easy to do deal with that a laptop, am I wrong?

I have no idea what IMAP is. Do I want to change everything I do for a few
short trips I take per year?

Thanks!



OS 10.4.11
Office 2004

 

[Diane Ross]

I clone my Mac HD onto a laptop. I go to a hotel in NY, will I be able to
send and receive just like I do at home in LA?
No

Then what do I do when I get home?

I don't know. I don't travel and can only refer you to the page with
instructions.

Does anyone use the iphone or touch yet? It would seem those things are not
as easy to do deal with that a laptop, am I wrong?

I don't but other do. If you ask again with a different subject you might
get a reply. Many volunteers on this list will scan the subjects for
messages they might be able to answer. Once they see a subject has replies
they might assume the question is being taken care of and will not see your
question. For this reason it's not a good idea to ask several questions in
the same email.

I have no idea what IMAP is. Do I want to change everything I do for a few
short trips I take per year?

POP and IMAP are two protocols that mail programs use to access mail stored
on remote computers.

POP & IMAP Accounts <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/glossary/pop_imap.html>

 

[kevs]

I don't know. I don't travel and can only refer you to the page with
instructions.

I don't but other do. If you ask again with a different subject you might
get a reply. Many volunteers on this list will scan the subjects for
messages they might be able to answer. Once they see a subject has replies
they might assume the question is being taken care of and will not see your
question. For this reason it's not a good idea to ask several questions in
the same email.

POP and IMAP are two protocols that mail programs use to access mail stored
on remote computers.

POP & IMAP Accounts <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/glossary/pop_imap.html>

Thanks Diane!

OS 10.4.11
Office 2004

 

[William Smith]

I've never gotten a laptop, so my question is this:

If I clone my Mac HD to a new laptop
1) Will I be able to easily receive/send e mail with all currents accounts
on the road at hotels? Do hotels need WiFi? How does that work.
2) What do I do when I get home to synchronize that what Entourage has on
the laptop to match what Entourage has at home.

Also curious if anyone has dealt with e mail with iphone or itouch and how
that experience compares to doing it will full fledged laptop

Hi Kevs!

If you clone your HD to your laptop then it will work just like the
desktop. Obviously, you've never taken your desktop on a trip, so you're
in for an experience and a small learning curve.

Laptop users who travel are euphemistically called "Road Warriors".
Their goal is to be able to travel anywhere and be able to still conduct
business. That usually means getting connected to the Internet and back
to the office. They become experts at reconfiguring things for different
situations.

Many hotels, even the smaller ones, are offering WiFi. It's easier to
install than running wires. But you need to make sure that if your hotel
offers only WiFi and not wired Internet you request a room with a decent
signal.

Some hotels charge for WiFI. Some don't. Any more, it's a courtesy to
travelers. Look for free WiFi or you'll probably spend about $10/24
hours. Every hotel's implementation is different. They will have
instructions for how you should connect and often have a tech support
phone number just in case.

I have an iPhone and love it. But it's no substitute for my laptop.
However, I only use my laptop in the evening if traveling for personal
business. If I were traveling for the day then my iPhone is just fine to
keep in touch.

Don't try to sync Entourage with Entourage. You want IMAP or Exchange
E-mail accounts. Those sync with Entourage and then changes made in one
place get synced to the server and over to other computers that are also
connecting to the same accounts. Very easy to use and great for
travelers or people with multiple computers. And iPhone supports IMAP too.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>