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brownboy66 · Oct 30th, 2007, 23:26

Not sure what the app is that comes with palm, but of course with windows mobile - you have to use active sync.

Re the emails - sorry - my mistake. I had in my mind that active sync takes care of everything, but of course, once you download the emails from the pop server into your PDA - then they are only on the PDA - (unless you check the option "leave a copy of the message on the server" under the email options).

This is what I did when I was using windows mobile 5 on the apache. Both my PC and PDA would download mail from the server - with a copy left on the server. Since everything from both the PDA and PC has to go through the server anyway - it will always be up to date and the same for both PC and PDA.

shashank.aggarwal · Oct 30th, 2007, 23:30

thats the problem...I get hundreds of them on daily basis...and they have to be deleted somehow..doing them manually would be a lot of work ( I have to manually check which have been download and which have not been...)..and the web interface that rediffmailpro guys have is not very friendly either...

shashank.aggarwal · Oct 30th, 2007, 23:35

oh..Oh...I just thought of a solution...I am sure it will work..

I will create a separate address for my PDA..either on my POP OR any free mail provider that would work good on my GPRS connection...

After that I can setup a rule in my oulook to forward a copy of all the mails that it downloads to the address that I would have created for my PDA..

This way my PDA will get all the mails that my Outlook gets..without the problem of the POP server..

But..ahhh...there is a major catch..my PC has to keep running all the time...its good if I am away for few hours..but otherwise it would be not feasible..

brownboy66 · Oct 30th, 2007, 23:43

Ahhh...I see the problem. This is what my work email used to be like. I was getting between 200-250 emails a day - and the only thing I could do was divide them into priority/ urgent/ disaster - and then everything else would go into folders on the server.

So how are you deleting your emails now? Presumably everything gets downloaded from the server into outlook on your PC with no copies left on the server?

shashank.aggarwal · Oct 30th, 2007, 23:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownboy66

So how are you deleting your emails now? Presumably everything gets downloaded from the server into outlook on your PC with no copies left on the server?

yes..you got it right...and thank god rediff has a decent server which doesn't trouble much..

shashank.aggarwal · Oct 31st, 2007, 00:03

YEs yes yes..I have hit the nail...I just logged onto the sever to check if they have an option to send all the mails to a different mail ID...

VOILA..they do have it...they have an option where I can specify an email ID where they will send a copy of all the messages I get...

So my earlier logic works now..but I wont need outlook to do the forwarding of copies they can be done directly from the server...while my outlook can download the originals..

Jaha Chah hai Waha Rah hai...

(where there is will there is a way ...

)..

Can you think of any loopholes ??

the brain does wonders when thinking in Tandem with someone else

brownboy66 · Oct 31st, 2007, 00:07

what you could do is check the option in either active sync or outlook that allows you keep a copy of the email on the server for 3 days, (or a week). In that way - you can download the emails onto you PDA (edit, save attachments, etc) - there will still be a copy on the server which will allow you to download onto the PC. Any changes you make on either the PDA or PC will be saved to the server the next time you connect (and subsequently copied to the other device that hasn't done the editing).

Unless you go for more than 3 days (or a week) without connecting from both you PDA and PC to the server - both will be up to date and will show exactly the same thing. That's the only drawback I can see - you would have to ensure you don't go for more than 3 days on both devices before connecting to the pop server. If you're getting more than 100 emails a day - that wouldn't be a problem would it?

brownboy66 · Oct 31st, 2007, 00:13

ok - my post crossed with you last one. Hmmm...let me think for minute....

brownboy66 · Oct 31st, 2007, 00:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by shashank.aggarwal

VOILA..they do have it...they have an option where I can specify an email ID where they will send a copy of all the messages I get...

So my earlier logic works now..but I wont need outlook to do the forwarding of copies they can be done directly from the server...while my outlook can download the originals..

Best way to test it is to give it a try. The only thing you'll have to be conscious of is that if you make any changes to the copy you have on the PDA - it wont be reflected in the original that has been downloaded into outlook on the PC.

brownboy66 · Oct 31st, 2007, 00:21

logging off now. Nice exchange Shashank!

shashank.aggarwal · Oct 31st, 2007, 00:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by brownboy66

Best way to test it is to give it a try. The only thing you'll have to be conscious of is that if you make any changes to the copy you have on the PDA - it wont be reflected in the original that has been downloaded into outlook on the PC.

hmm....I guess I can live with that...99& of attachments I get are resumes from candidates, and anyhow I do not make any changes at my end to them !!

Oct 30th, 2007, 23:30	#17
shashank.aggarwal Mr. Tagless Join Date: May 2007 Location: ~ Dilli ~ Posts: 4,670	thats the problem...I get hundreds of them on daily basis...and they have to be deleted somehow..doing them manually would be a lot of work ( I have to manually check which have been download and which have not been...)..and the web interface that rediffmailpro guys have is not very friendly either... __________________ Travelogue - Around India Random Reviews

Oct 31st, 2007, 00:03	#21
shashank.aggarwal Mr. Tagless Join Date: May 2007 Location: ~ Dilli ~ Posts: 4,670	YEs yes yes..I have hit the nail...I just logged onto the sever to check if they have an option to send all the mails to a different mail ID... VOILA..they do have it...they have an option where I can specify an email ID where they will send a copy of all the messages I get... So my earlier logic works now..but I wont need outlook to do the forwarding of copies they can be done directly from the server...while my outlook can download the originals.. Jaha Chah hai Waha Rah hai... (where there is will there is a way ...).. Can you think of any loopholes ?? the brain does wonders when thinking in Tandem with someone else

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Oct 30th, 2007, 23:26	#16
brownboy66 the riff raff.... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,916	Not sure what the app is that comes with palm, but of course with windows mobile - you have to use active sync. Re the emails - sorry - my mistake. I had in my mind that active sync takes care of everything, but of course, once you download the emails from the pop server into your PDA - then they are only on the PDA - (unless you check the option "leave a copy of the message on the server" under the email options). This is what I did when I was using windows mobile 5 on the apache. Both my PC and PDA would download mail from the server - with a copy left on the server. Since everything from both the PDA and PC has to go through the server anyway - it will always be up to date and the same for both PC and PDA.

Oct 30th, 2007, 23:35	#18
shashank.aggarwal Mr. Tagless Join Date: May 2007 Location: ~ Dilli ~ Posts: 4,670	oh..Oh...I just thought of a solution...I am sure it will work.. I will create a separate address for my PDA..either on my POP OR any free mail provider that would work good on my GPRS connection... After that I can setup a rule in my oulook to forward a copy of all the mails that it downloads to the address that I would have created for my PDA.. This way my PDA will get all the mails that my Outlook gets..without the problem of the POP server.. But..ahhh...there is a major catch..my PC has to keep running all the time...its good if I am away for few hours..but otherwise it would be not feasible..

Oct 30th, 2007, 23:43	#19
brownboy66 the riff raff.... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,916	Ahhh...I see the problem. This is what my work email used to be like. I was getting between 200-250 emails a day - and the only thing I could do was divide them into priority/ urgent/ disaster - and then everything else would go into folders on the server. So how are you deleting your emails now? Presumably everything gets downloaded from the server into outlook on your PC with no copies left on the server?

Oct 31st, 2007, 00:07	#22
brownboy66 the riff raff.... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,916	what you could do is check the option in either active sync or outlook that allows you keep a copy of the email on the server for 3 days, (or a week). In that way - you can download the emails onto you PDA (edit, save attachments, etc) - there will still be a copy on the server which will allow you to download onto the PC. Any changes you make on either the PDA or PC will be saved to the server the next time you connect (and subsequently copied to the other device that hasn't done the editing). Unless you go for more than 3 days (or a week) without connecting from both you PDA and PC to the server - both will be up to date and will show exactly the same thing. That's the only drawback I can see - you would have to ensure you don't go for more than 3 days on both devices before connecting to the pop server. If you're getting more than 100 emails a day - that wouldn't be a problem would it?

Oct 31st, 2007, 00:13	#23
brownboy66 the riff raff.... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,916	ok - my post crossed with you last one. Hmmm...let me think for minute....

Oct 31st, 2007, 00:21	#25
brownboy66 the riff raff.... Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,916	logging off now. Nice exchange Shashank!

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