On Monday, December 10, 2007, 5:40:12 PM, Chris Wilson wrote:
I need to synchronise my notebook PC, which currently has a fresh
Windows install but has not yet had TB! loaded, and my desktop PC which
has had TB! on for years. I have read the Help file, but am still
confused, sorry. Can someone run through what I need to do, over a hard
wired LAN, to get a mirror copy of TB! on the notebook, and then sync
the 2 daily, again over the LAN, and with it being possible either the
notebook OR the PC has the more up to date e-mail and stuff within TB!
at the time of synchronising? Thanks. I am using 3.99.29 under Windows
2000
I use the synchronize function between my PC and Laptop to bring my
laptop up to date before I travel.
For the initial install, I would do a backup on the PC and a restore
onto the Laptop. You may then need to change the Account settings if
you are using a different server when you are travelling.
I generally only do one-way synchronisation copying new mail from my
PC to my laptop. I have the PC set to delete mail on the server after
3 days, and the laptop to leave mail on the server and not delete. The
means that mail that I have received when away is downloaded onto me
PC. The synchronisation is fairly crude, so I prefer to avoid
transferring back from my laptop to my PC. This does mean that I have
sent mail on my laptop that is not on the PC, but I used MailBag
Assistant to make periodic archives of both mailbases to these
messages are available.
The synchronisation process is crude. Specifically, it does not
delete mail, so if you clear lots of mail on the PC and then
synchronize it with the laptop, the corresponding mail will not be
deleted. Worse, when you synchronize back to the PC, all the deleted
mail will reappear on the PC. That is why I don't do it!
Finally, some terminology. The first part of the synchronisation (1)
is done on the machine where you want to copy mail to (the laptop).
The second stage (2) is done on the PC, and the third (3) on the laptop. Allow
plenty of time! I save all the synchronization files on a shared
folder on my PC which my laptop has access to, and do it across the
network. If you have a large capacity USB memory stick then you could
use that.
Hope this helps. Personally, if I were doing the synchronisation as
frequently as you are planning to, I would consider other options,
such as IMAP. Others will be able to help here.
Julian
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