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Syncing Outlook on seperate computers


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Sorry guys - not quite sure where this question is supposed to go.

Anyways - I'm using Outlook 2010 on 2 computers - is there anyway that I can sync both Outlook on either computer with minimal user input (i.e. if I delete or send email on Outlook from one computer, when I access Outlook on another computer it will show the same thing?)

I don't use any type of email server nor do I intend to as this is really for my dad and all he has is a laptop and a desktop on a network.

Any help will be great - thanks.

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Use IMAP instead of POP. It generally runs a little slower when you first set it up cause' it has to download everything, but IMAP synchronizes everything with the e-mail service you have it set up with, rather than just downloading the e-mails and storing them in local folders. So if you check your Inbox on one computer and have an e-mail message, and you leave that message in our inbox, when you open Outlook on the other computer, the message will still be there in your inbox. If you create a folder on one, it will be created on the mail server (Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail, whatever), and therefore be reflected on the other computer the next time it synchronizes itself.

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Thanks for the responses so far - keep them coming if anyone else has ideas as well.

Well with exchange you would need a server running specifically with exchange correct?

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Might want to throw in if this is on a specific service such as Gmail (gmail has imap servers already setup and are 100% free) or if this is for his own domain, or a company's domain that he works for. All of those have different advantages or challenges each.

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POP into Gmail and then IMAP out. Telnet to mordor for better speeds.

Never understood why the "industry" hasn't jumped on IMAP more... really useful... though I wish that like exchange, it synced contacts.

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I had the same dilemma.

Best thing I ever did was upgrade and migrate to Gmail Apps (Google Mail for business), they host my MX records (domain) so my email address remained the same of course.

It uses MAPI ... like iMap but better.

Each of my devices are automatically syncronised every minute of the day, if I send an email from my phone, it's in the SENT folder of Outlook within seconds too.

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