On 1/22/01 8:02 PM, "Michael W. Wellman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> A recurring question around here is how to keep Entourage data files synched
>>> between desktop Macs and PowerBooks/iBooks. It's been suggested that you use
>>> removable media for this. Here's another alternative that I think will work:
>>
>> Better option: set up file sharing on your desktop Mac, enable sharing over
>> IP. Then any time you're connected to the Net, you just connect to your Mac
>> and grab a copy of your data file. (You could also use the aliasing to use
>> it live, but God help you with that on a slow connection.)
>
> I find it much easier to just use IMAP as my main mail store and E'rage as
> simply a client to access that remote mail store.
>
> Thus I have the same mail available from wherever I happen to be connecting.
>
> And I get to use UNIX's procmail to filter my email before I ever see
> it...this is a godsend when I'm traveling.
>
>
> I am bummed about not having a way to easily share calendar events,
> contacts, filters, and schedules between machines. Or between platforms.
If there were only standards *and* servers for such things <g>.
I think SIEVE is the only thing for rules right now. ACAP and the other pref
sharing protocol are a nightmare to deal with. Again, this is all about the
Chicken and Egg problem.
-Omar
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Omar Shahine - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.shahine.com/omar
Program Manager - Entourage:mac - Macintosh Business Unit
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