Hi, Dan and other list members: Although I have kept the same subject line, because the subject remains the same, a more appropriate title, at this point would be "synchronization revisited."
Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 10:20:39 PM, Dan Lester wrote: >I keep two computers synchronized daily, morning >and night, by using a little program (25 bucks I think) called >Directory Toolkit. It does a host of other things, but I use it to >synchronize a directory called "all my stuff" from one computer to >another. I install TheBat!, all of its files, and half a dozen other >programs into that directory. Then the program syncs from one to the >other. OK. I have successfully installed The Bat on the laptop and I have also successfully set up on the laptop as its Mail directory, a copy of the same directory that is on the laptop. (Curiously, on the desktop that directory is in the The Bat! Folder within the program folder, while, on the laptop, it automatically established itself in the Applications Data directory.) I also changed settings so that whenever one machine downloads e-mail, it leaves it on the server for 14 days--a period that will be more than enough to insure that e-mail gets downloaded on to both. (Which, if I synchronize every night, I really wouldn't need to leave it on the server for more than 24 hours, I would think.) However, for synchronization, I can either use The Bat's own synchronization feature OR Dan Lester's recommendation to use the Directory Toolkit. Other than the fact that Directory Toolkit will allow me synchronize other folders, can anyone think of a reason why it is more preferable than The Bat's own synch function? Is there any reason why using The Bat's synch function might be preferred? Whether I synch using The Bat's own synch function or a third party software, what is it that I am synching? Is it merely the Mail directory? -- Avram Sacks Chicago Using The Bat ver 4.0.1.8 (desktop) or 4.0.2.0 (laptop) on Windows Pro XP sp2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
