Hi BatFans, I have been thru all the Palm-and-Bat email synchronization stuff I can find... Here's are my experiences so far: (YMMV) SYNCING THE BAT USING PALM EMAIL APPLICATION After following the instructions at http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/howdoi.html#PalmSync : - If I set the Palm Desktop Mail Conduit to "Eudora 3.03 or higher", it DOES NOT WORK for me! This is quite possibly because I used Eudora prior to The Bat! - When I set the Palm Desktop Mail Conduit to "Outlook Express", there is joy in Mudville (Yank slang for "IT WORKS!") - The speed of email synching seems to be EXTREMELY SLOW until I click on the main window of "The Bat!, at which email synching speeds up rapidly. Example: If I click on The Bat!'s "Inbox" folder just as Hotsync begins synching email, the email sync completes in about 20 seconds, for 15 messages worth of inbox, with no changes made on Palm or Bat. If I just leave the Hotsync window active, the email sync takes FOREVER (150 seconds and counting for the same 15-message inbox sync with no changes), but as soon as I click on the Bat! and make it active, email synching finishes within seconds. Perhaps an issue with task priority under Windows 2000, and the Bat! (as MAPI server) not getting enough processor time if not the active app? SYNCING THE BAT USING EUDORA INTERNET SUITE "GENERIC MAPI" CONDUIT I also found that the Eudora Internet Suite, which provides a MAPI conduit, also works to sync The Bat!. Worked properly, first time, every time, BUT... the Eudora MAPI email sync is very SLLLOOOOOWWW, and appparently rather unintelligent about determining what needs to be synced. Don't know if this is Eudora's fault or The Bat!'s fault. It seems to take about 15-20 seconds per email, each and every time, even if there were no changes to email on desktop or Palm between syncs. This becomes a royal pain. My environment: - Windows 2000 notebook computer - Palm IIIX - Palm OS 3.3 - Palm Desktop 3.1 - Palm email sync update (3.0.4) installed - Other conduits: Ecco Pro 4.01.1 for Address book, calendar, todos, notes - Serial hotsync cradle BOTTOM LINE: - I'm now syncing The Bat! email with my Palm successfully, though the email synching speed is not tolerable unless I click on the Bat! to make it the active app. -- Best regards, Jim Daniels mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ______________________________________________________ Archives : <http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com> Moderators : <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TBTech List: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
