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an issue with 2 computer sharing the same email

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faye

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Hi,

now i am facing an issue and it is:

i have a notebook working at office. I have a portable harddrive for 320gb, it is good for storing business emails. I have to use outlook.

and at home, i usually bring this portable drives back home and access the same outlook file.

i now need to travel around. and i don't want to bring this portable drives all around.

My concern is, is it possible if my home router that will support NAS, and if i have internet access can i access this NAS server with the outlook database anywhere? so i don't have to bring this portable drive with me.

or if i want something like this, what gadget do i need to have this happening.
 
YOu can do a couple of different things,

1. if your work email is on a machine that is always on and you have admin rights, install the free version of logmein.com's utility. Then when you want to go to check your mail, log into the work pc from where ever you are and "work" from that remote session. The mail stays in one place and you get to still use your email.

2. If your work email is on a central server, you can configure Outlook to not delete messages from the server. When you uncheck this, (assuming you are still using pop3 to connect) the messages will still be there for you to download again. Just be sure all your outlook clients are set up this way. I don't like this one as much since now you have to keep track in your own mind what emails have ben answered and what ones have not.
 
Pick up a thumb drive to use for storage. They are much easier to carry around than a hard drive and unless you have really large attachments or tons of email a 4GB stick can hold a lot of mail.
 
There are Applications that can help in Sync Outlook.

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/sync.asp (there are more like this google for the term Sync. Outlook).

If you use Windows Home Sever as a NAS there is a cool solution too.

http://www.wegotserved.com/200...dd-in-outlook-for-whs/

in general giving all of its capacities Windows Home Server on an ATOM Base computer and its easy safe conncetion to the Internet, it is the only good solution to a sub $500 NAS.

http://www.homeserverhacks.com...mediasmart-server.html
 
opening a PST file over the internet would be horribly slow performance wise.
Youd be better off getting a usb flash drive, as suggested above.
 
Originally posted by: mcmilljb
Originally posted by: JackMDS
in general giving all of its capacities Windows Home Server on an ATOM Base computer and its easy safe conncetion to the Internet, it is the only good solution to a sub $500 NAS.

http://www.homeserverhacks.com...mediasmart-server.html
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That's an interesting build. How much throughput do you think you could get out of it, or how many connections for file transfers do you think it could handle on a lan?
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With a Giga card i get about 50 -60 MB/sec. transfer.

Servers on a peer-to-peer LAN do not need strong CPUs ,and the other parts are of No consequence.

Windows Home Server can serve up to 10 concurrent connections.
 
Originally posted by: Tsaico
YOu can do a couple of different things,

1. if your work email is on a machine that is always on and you have admin rights, install the free version of logmein.com's utility. Then when you want to go to check your mail, log into the work pc from where ever you are and "work" from that remote session. The mail stays in one place and you get to still use your email.
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The free edition is only for home\personal use. If the email in question is in fact work email he would be violating the TOS.
 
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