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Sandip
I do not know if I use net folders, but I share individual folders in my
Outlook 2000, which automatically updates the other three computers and their
Outlook every five minutes. This causes some conflicts to happen when two
users are updating one item ( ie. contact), and then I have to choose the one
that has the most information and copy the recent added information,
sometimes by guesswork. ( Or where the times on the two computers are off).
If I were to use Microsoft Exchange, then all computers would be looking at
one place, changing data in one place, and conflicts would be eliminated,
as well as the possibility of losing valuable information. Do any of the
suggested programs replicate this model without using Microsoft Exchange? I
am willing to spend some money on the solution.
I was almost willing to buy a small business server, but I thought that was
overkill. I presently use one of the four computers as my own client
computer. Would the solution then require me to buy another computer to act
as a server? If so, then I would only be able to buy a new computer with
Windows XP, and then my old sharing would not be able to work, as sharing is
not supported by Windows XP. Buying another computer would be 25% the cost of
buying a server.
Thanks for all your help.
Outlook 2000, which automatically updates the other three computers and their
Outlook every five minutes. This causes some conflicts to happen when two
users are updating one item ( ie. contact), and then I have to choose the one
that has the most information and copy the recent added information,
sometimes by guesswork. ( Or where the times on the two computers are off).
If I were to use Microsoft Exchange, then all computers would be looking at
one place, changing data in one place, and conflicts would be eliminated,
as well as the possibility of losing valuable information. Do any of the
suggested programs replicate this model without using Microsoft Exchange? I
am willing to spend some money on the solution.
I was almost willing to buy a small business server, but I thought that was
overkill. I presently use one of the four computers as my own client
computer. Would the solution then require me to buy another computer to act
as a server? If so, then I would only be able to buy a new computer with
Windows XP, and then my old sharing would not be able to work, as sharing is
not supported by Windows XP. Buying another computer would be 25% the cost of
buying a server.
Thanks for all your help.