You might want to give a beta product we currently call Calgoo Hub a try. All you have to do is download a plugin for Outlook 2003 and it will publish your calendar up to Hub. Then you can use the plugin to consume it on a another computer.
If that doesn't work for you you could always try another product called Calgoo Connect in conjunction with Google Calendar or 30Boxes. connect will allow you to sync your schedule to the cloud and then sync it back down on your other computer.
Food for through!
Cheers
Calgoo
www.calgoo.com
Posted by: Calgoo at March 13, 2008 11:16 AM
There is a wonderful little plugin tool from Microsoft itself called "SyncToy". It comes with other PC management tools from the Microsoft Powertoys scala. This could easily be used as synchronization tool for your pst-files or any other data whatsoever. All you need to do is select any folder pair you want to synchronize (or update, other options are possible) and then run it), as you carry your data on some portable media device this is in my opinion one of the most straightforward options, along with the one Calgoo suggests.
Posted by: DJ at March 15, 2008 1:59 AM
I have tried moving the pst file from one computer to another. However when I go to the other computer and download mail, Outlook does not seem to remember the latest mail downloaded on the first computer and downloads it again. I am not on Outlook 2003 but 2007, if that makes a difference. Thanks.
Posted by: rodolfo yannarella at March 21, 2008 9:33 PM
Outlook 2007 is causing the same for me as Rodolfo mentioned -- .pst copy works, but all messages come in again -- quite aggravating after the upgrade from OL2000, which managed quite nicely to identify new messages vs old while allowing me to keep copies on the server.
Any thoughts, Leo?
Posted by: Jay at March 25, 2008 8:54 PM
Just a note to say thanks for the advice; it confirmed what I suspected... My need is to read off-line on my laptop e-mails that I gathered on my desktop PC the previous evening (basically no e-mail access at work). I'm not brave enough yet to try setting up replies on the laptop and then copying the .pst back onto the desktop. However, I'll try it on a development PC first to establish confidence.
Posted by: roger preston at April 6, 2008 9:23 AM
I'm running Outlook Express 6. The files are *.dbx files and the inbox, sent, etc files are separate .dbx files - but the issue is the same. If i've used email while travelling and opened email on my desktop at home before synchronising then getting all the emails together is a problem. I use synctoy for many other files/folders but combining the two .dbx files into one is something it can't do. Does anyone have a solution other than the tedious one of doing the sync message by message?
Another syncing program to check out is Syncing.net; it syncs contacts, email, calendars, etc. across multiple computers, and also allows file sharing.
You talk about sync between laptop and desktop - copy the PST, 'deceptively simple' - unfortunately, there are other files you need to copy in order to keep the mail download sync'd as well. That's what I'm looking for. There are several external files that outlook maintains to keep track of where you are in your email download. If you don't sync those emails, then when you bring your laptop PST to the desktop, ALL the old emails are downloaded - now you have a duplicate of EVERYTHING... very painful. How do you fix that without deleting all the emails from your email server (a solution, but not what I want to do...)
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You might want to give a beta product we currently call Calgoo Hub a try. All you have to do is download a plugin for Outlook 2003 and it will publish your calendar up to Hub. Then you can use the plugin to consume it on a another computer.
If that doesn't work for you you could always try another product called Calgoo Connect in conjunction with Google Calendar or 30Boxes. connect will allow you to sync your schedule to the cloud and then sync it back down on your other computer.
Food for through!
Cheers
Calgoo
Posted by: Calgoo at March 13, 2008 11:16 AMwww.calgoo.com
There is a wonderful little plugin tool from Microsoft itself called "SyncToy". It comes with other PC management tools from the Microsoft Powertoys scala. This could easily be used as synchronization tool for your pst-files or any other data whatsoever. All you need to do is select any folder pair you want to synchronize (or update, other options are possible) and then run it), as you carry your data on some portable media device this is in my opinion one of the most straightforward options, along with the one Calgoo suggests.
Posted by: DJ at March 15, 2008 1:59 AMI have tried moving the pst file from one computer to another. However when I go to the other computer and download mail, Outlook does not seem to remember the latest mail downloaded on the first computer and downloads it again. I am not on Outlook 2003 but 2007, if that makes a difference. Thanks.
Posted by: rodolfo yannarella at March 21, 2008 9:33 PMOutlook 2007 is causing the same for me as Rodolfo mentioned -- .pst copy works, but all messages come in again -- quite aggravating after the upgrade from OL2000, which managed quite nicely to identify new messages vs old while allowing me to keep copies on the server.
Any thoughts, Leo?
Posted by: Jay at March 25, 2008 8:54 PMJust a note to say thanks for the advice; it confirmed what I suspected... My need is to read off-line on my laptop e-mails that I gathered on my desktop PC the previous evening (basically no e-mail access at work). I'm not brave enough yet to try setting up replies on the laptop and then copying the .pst back onto the desktop. However, I'll try it on a development PC first to establish confidence.
Posted by: roger preston at April 6, 2008 9:23 AMI'm running Outlook Express 6. The files are *.dbx files and the inbox, sent, etc files are separate .dbx files - but the issue is the same. If i've used email while travelling and opened email on my desktop at home before synchronising then getting all the emails together is a problem. I use synctoy for many other files/folders but combining the two .dbx files into one is something it can't do. Does anyone have a solution other than the tedious one of doing the sync message by message?
Posted by: mike phillips at July 10, 2008 5:53 AMuse htpp://www.outlookautosync.com
Posted by: syl74 at September 20, 2008 10:48 PMFor a real good sync program, try Easy2Sync for Outlook:
Posted by: Tom at September 23, 2009 5:55 AMhttp://www.easy2sync.com/en/produkte/e2s4o.php
Another syncing program to check out is Syncing.net; it syncs contacts, email, calendars, etc. across multiple computers, and also allows file sharing.
More info can be found here.
Posted by: CoffeeGuru at March 5, 2010 9:55 AMYou talk about sync between laptop and desktop - copy the PST, 'deceptively simple' - unfortunately, there are other files you need to copy in order to keep the mail download sync'd as well. That's what I'm looking for. There are several external files that outlook maintains to keep track of where you are in your email download. If you don't sync those emails, then when you bring your laptop PST to the desktop, ALL the old emails are downloaded - now you have a duplicate of EVERYTHING... very painful. How do you fix that without deleting all the emails from your email server (a solution, but not what I want to do...)
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