> On Thursday, July 1, 2004, 8:50:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My current arrangement is to synchronize all messages from the desktop > to the laptop whenever i go away. This ensures that i have all the > messages that I send and received on my desktop machine are with me > when I go away.
But don't you the have emails that have been deleted from the DT but are still on the LT? > I have set both machines to leave messages on the server for 3 days, > which ensures that I get the messages to both machines, and in > particular that I can leave both machines running and still collect > mail on the laptop. > If there are sent messages that I need to transfer from the laptop to > the desktop, then I occasionally do a reserve synch of sent messages > from the laptop to the desktop. What is a 'reserve synch' - do you mean you individually select folders for synching - i.e: just the 'Sent Mail' folders? If yes: then that's a bit of a pain for 35+ accounts. > I keep the desktop clear of old messages, and occasionally backup the > desktop installation, and reinstall it onto the laptop, which brings > the messages back into synch. This does mean I lose the laptop > account settings, so I don't do it very often. By 'reinstall' you mean Registry entries and the 'MAIL' directory? > I find this arrangement quite workable. It would be better to have > true synchronisation (I use Laplink, but it does not sound like it > works at the level of the software you use), as it would deal with > deleted mail, but even Laplink struggles with this, and will attempt > to recopy deleted files and folders. Interesting, but how does LapLink keep track of what's been deleted so it knows to delete it from the other machine? -- Marten Gallagher Annery Kiln Web Design www.annerykiln.co.uk Using The Bat! 2.11.02 with POPFile 0.21.1 on Windows XP 5.1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.11.02 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html