On Wednesday, May 16, 2007, 10:44:57 PM, Andrew Diederich wrote: > Hmm, maybe you actually figured out how it worked. 'Way back in > 3.80.06 I tried syncing my TB! and Voyager clients using Tools > > Synchronize... but it only nuked things in strange and interesting > ways.
It is a bit challenging, as synchronisation does not mean the same in TB! as it does in, say, Laplink, where there is a transfer of files both ways. Basically, TB! copies messages that are not one the target machine (the one where you run Step A) from the source machine (the one at Step B). It is a one-way process and it only adds messages and does not delete them. The messages have to be in the same location, so you can end up with duplicates if your messages are moved by a filter on one machine and not on the other. My synch plan is as follows - an example probably helps!: 1 I want to bring my laptop up to date with messages that I have received on my PC since I last used it. I therefore start running the synch process on my laptop with Step 1 - the file is copied to a shared folder on my PC, across the network, although it would also work saving it to a usb memory stick. 2 Step 2 is run on my PC - this takes the file created in step 1 and identifies all the messages that are on the PC but not on the laptop, and copies them to the next Synch file. 3 The final step, Step 3, is run on the laptop. This copies all the messages not on the laptop (in the same account/folder) into the locations they are on the PC. That is it - all the messages on my PC are now on my laptop. There are a couple of things to note: - It is assumed that the account and folder structures are the same, and that the same filters are operating on both machines. I used to wipe my laptop message base every few months and then restore it from the PC to ensure that the folders and filters are the same, but I don't bother now. If the structures are different, you will end up with a mess! - The process is one way - Messages not in the machine on which you run step 1 are copied from the machine in Step 2. If you want to do a two-way synch you have to run Synch again, starting with the other machine at Step 1. - The process does not delete messages. If I were to spend a lot of time cleaning the message base on my laptop, and then run a synch with my laptop at Step 1, it will copy all the messages back again. the process only looks for missing messages and copies them. - It does not appear to work with filters and account settings, despite what it says. It does work with the address book however. You have to copy filters manually, or recreate them manually. I don't synch in the other direction (from Laptop to PC), as all the messages are held on the server and I download them when I am next at my PC. I hope that this helps Julian -- Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
