K9 has a ton of features. I only use a few, I think! It manages multiple accounts and has a "unified" inbox which is highly configurable.
I've been very pleased with gSyncIt as well -- also very configurable and quite reliable, given my experience with other Outlook sync softwares. Lisa On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:59 PM, robisme <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI also, I add a tool you might know : GSyncit, to sync google calendar > and contacts and a lot of other tools I don't use, with Outlook. > It as, like MLO, a "power user configuration", for exemple, categories > sync with specific gmail account (I have 5 gmail accounts and I'm able to > manage different contacts in the same folder in Outlook, using categories. > Android must be ICS to manage "per account" contacts) > > on the other hand, I don't use K9 as Gmail doesn't need to re-setup > accounts. Is there a big vantage point with K9 ? I'm interested > > Thanks > Olivier > > Le lundi 2 juillet 2012 20:53:17 UTC+2, Lisa S a écrit : > >> Just FYI - I use K9 as well, but have it hooked up to Gmail with my >> drafts folder set to be my gmail drafts folder. I can look up the specific >> settings if you need them. >> >> It's kind of a pain to get back to my drafts in K9 though, have to go to >> accounts, gmail, folders, drafts. So it might not be worth switching. >> >> Lisa >> >> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Dwight <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sometimes I have a task involving an email to be sent at a future >>> time.for example, appealing an insurance claim but I have to wait for the >>> detailed denial first. Or pestering my elected representative but not >>> wanting to hit her with all my issues in the same day. In these cases, if I >>> have time, I will compose a draft of the message in the task notes section, >>> so it will be there when the task comes due. >>> >>> If I'm drafting a message to send now, I would not use MLO to do it. I >>> use k9 on the phone and outlook on the laptop so I don't have the synching >>> of drafts that Lisa has. Of i'm confident of completing the draft in one >>> sitting I will use native email composition, otherwise Evernote. >>> >>> Why Evernote versus MLO? (1) it's faster to get in and pull I up the >>> last thing I was working on (2) Evernote's handling on Android of synch >>> conflicts works much better than MLO's. >>> >>> >>> Lisa Stroyan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Good question, I look forward to other answers as well. >>>> >>>> I use MLO only for information relating to the task I have to >>>> accomplish, for various reasons: >>>> >>>> - Habit >>>> - Once a task is done, I often don't keep it, so anything I want kept >>>> around I put into a different system. >>>> - I go by the philosophy, if an action only takes a few minutes, just >>>> do it, so usually I send the small emails immediately >>>> - If I compose an email I want to put in the To: and Subject: and can't >>>> paste those easily from MLO >>>> - I often work on multiple platforms and my drafts folder for >>>> gmail propagates to all >>>> >>>> If a bit of info needs filing (e.g. movie and book recommendations) and >>>> I don't have time to do it immediately, I do put it in MLO. >>>> >>>> On the other hand, this means that many tasks that show in email are >>>> not integrated / captured in MLO for me, so I have two systems, which is >>>> not ideal and drives me crazy but I don't have a good solution that I've >>>> been able to maintain reliably. >>>> >>>> I do OTOH keep all info related to my task system in MLO. Outlines of >>>> what I want to do to rearrange my tasks, etc. >>>> >>>> I use Evernote for persistent info/lists (except task templates, such >>>> as packing lists which I use MLO trees as templates). >>>> >>>> Lisa >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:39 AM, robisme <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Often, a task consists in draft or write out a text, a minute, an >>>>> answer to a mail or whatever. >>>>> In those cases, who use to "outsource" the process in another software >>>>> (Evernote, Onenote, Outlook,), and who drafts his note into the note >>>>> section of a task within MLO ? >>>>> I'd be very interested in someone else experience, pros and cons. >>>>> >>>>> Sometime, I say to myself : separate the "organizing my todos" and the >>>>> "doing them". Thus, I write notes in Evernote or Onenote. >>>>> But that make more "steps", and sometime in a mobile context, the >>>>> links toward Evernote are not working on android, and I prefer to draft >>>>> the >>>>> text in MLO, and copy/paste it in a mail, a word document or whatever when >>>>> the task consist of writing it out. >>>>> >>>>> What about you ? >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/PG38JafTMScJ. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Lisa >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Lisa >> >> ------------------------------ >> Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/5Ox7aiqqEEoJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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