[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Syncing with Mail.app

[David Ceulemans]

On 25 Mar 2004, at 21:31, Brian Hall wrote:

>
>>> 1 - www.queuesoft.jp has a conduit that goes between mail.app and
>>> Mark/Space Mail (as well as CLIE Mail and I think Palm Mail).
>>
>> Hm. This one looks indeed interesting, but am I correct to see that
>> it's not an iSync 'plugin' and depends on the PalmDesktop sofware 
>> (wich
>> I'm told to avoid
>
> iSync uses Hotsync Manager (which you only get by installing Palm 
> Desktop)
> anyway.
>
> So if you use iSync with your Palm OS device, you are also using (at 
> least
> part of) Palm Desktop.

Aha...

>
>> + I don't want to use multiple systems to sync the
>> palm - I seem to prefer iSync / Missing Sync ;) )?
>
> See above. If you use iSync, it is riding on top of hotsync manager 
> anyway.
>
> So you can use iSync/iCal/Address for the PIM data and the mail 
> conduit and
> mail.app for your mail data.

That sounds OK. Most of this theoretical stuff will probably clear up 
when I actually can hold my own device ;)

>>> 2 - Missing Sync for Palm OS and Missing Sync for Internet Sharing 
>>> and
>>> AvantGo allow you to share your internet connection with your 
>>> handheld
>>> (such as the T3). If you go this route, you just pick your favorite
>>> email
>>> client on the Palm, and retreive/send the email right from the Palm
>>> (make
>>> sure you "leave mail on server" so you can later get it on the deskop
>>> as
>>> well). This is documented in the manual we include.
>>
>> Hm... don't think that manual is online right?
>> Talking about the website: perhaps some pages with screenshots would 
>> be
>> nice? ;)
>
> The whole web site is currently getting an upgrade/new look. Product 
> tours
> are part of that upgrade. Isn't there now, but will show up soon.

Also sounding interesting ;)


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Tnx for your input,
regards,
Dave