Syncing Outlook/My Documents between laptop/desktop

[Pandamonium]

Ok so the end goal is to have my outlook data and the "my documents" folders sync up between my laptop and desktop. For outlook, I want the mail folders, address books, calendars, etc, to all match up automatically. It seems that Mirrorfolders or SyncBack will take care of the my documents part.

That just leaves Outlook. Since my My Documents folder is about to break the 500MB barrier, I'm going to archive less used folders. But my Outlook .PST just broke the 1GB barrier. There's no way I can export, copy, and import a 1GB .PST on a regular basis.

Is there a way to have outlook export only those changes made since the last import- or only those changes made after a certain date? I can deal with manually syncing my profiles, but it took my poor laptop 30+ mins to create the latest .PST, and I haven't even thought about transferring the file to my desktop.

Alternatively, if some software suite exists that will sync outlook between the two machines, I'm very much interested....

TIA!

 

[Pandamonium]

Bump. I just manually synced the laptop today. It took ~40 minutes to copy the file to my desktop (802.11g). Anyone?

 

[pilsner]

i was interested in doing something like this too...

 

[pilsner]

I found a pretty good discusion about this topic here...

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[DarkTXKnight]

did anyone know how to do this???

 

[SelArom]

here's what I do but it only works if you have your two pcs networked

on your pc:
share the folder C:\documents and settings\yourname\application data\microsoft\outlook

in your laptop:
go to c:\documents and settings\yourname\applicationdata\microsoft

delete the "outlook" folder. Then in create a New Briefcase and rename it "Outlook".
Then browse to your desktop using "My network places" on your laptop. go to that shared folder. drag the contents into the briefcase on the laptop.

now create a shortcut to the briefcase on your desktop. whenever you log on to your laptop, run the shortcut and click "update all items". then use your laptop for whatever you're gonna do. then when you're done, click "update all items" again so both are synchronized


I've done this with a whole bunch of my folders. using the briefcase I can even develop asp.net projects on BOTH pcs with no hassle, even mysql databases and the mypictures folder. pretty sweet. I think you could do it without networking if you use a flash drive too.

 

[DarkTXKnight]

You know that just might be the ticket for me... I think if I do it this way for the laptop to desktop and then back up my desktop PST to tape i'll have the best coverage. Thanks!