Pocket PC to sync outlook 'tween two PCs

May 29, 2006 2:45 AM

Using Pocket PC to sync Outlook between two PCs. Wont allow In-box to sync

I am trying to use a pocket PC to sync my work and home PCs. It will copy over the diary and contacts in Outlook. However, it will not allow syncing of the in box between two PCs. Whats do I do to sync the inbox in outlook between two PCs. I have been through the remote access route, and copying PST files but there must be a better way.

posted by priorpark17 to computers & internet (4 comments total)

You might be better off selecting the "leave a copy of message on server" option on your work account (more settings/advanced tab in your email accounts setup), then all you need do is download your mail when you get home.
posted by strawberryviagra at 3:01 AM on May 29, 2006

This wasn't possible on Activesync 3.8, and things get worse on Activesync 4.x - it won't sync calendars or contacts between two PCs either.

How about something like ShareO to sync the folders at source?
posted by viama at 3:05 AM on May 29, 2006

The answer might be to set up an intermediary exchange account (Mail2web Live is a service that offers these for free) and set activesync and your desktops to all sync to that.
posted by ed\26h at 5:12 AM on May 29, 2006

Set up both your home and work PCs and your ppc to access your email account via IMAP. This way all the messages are left on the server and each client will always see the current account state. "Leave messages on server" and POP is a good idea, but I always ended up losing some email somewhere regardless, or worse, one of the machines would periodically re-download months of already read messages, and I would end up with 5 or 6 duplicates of every message.

This is really what IMAP was designed for, and if the account is provided by work, your administrator will love you for even asking how to set that up, because it will reduce the load on the server.
posted by Mr. Gunn at 8:52 AM on May 29, 2006