[missing-sync-pocketpc-talk] syncing email & pocket PC

[Dave Koziol]

On Mar 19, 2004, at 8:43 AM, Zinneken wrote:

> is there any way to sync the emails in the apple mail app to pocketpc?

If you turn on Internet Sharing, see the Missing Sync manual for 
details, you can configure Inbox to download your emails directly from 
your mail server.

Note that you need to be careful about enabling Internet Sharing as 
running it will run a DHCP server which can conflict with other DHCP 
servers on the same network.  You can work around this by going into 
the Network System Preference, selecting "Network Port Configurations" 
from the "Show" menu and clicking on "New..." to create a new "Port 
Configuration".  Select the "Built-in FireWire" "Port", and give it the
name "Built-in FireWire".  Now when you setup Internet Sharing, make 
sure you only check the "On" checkbox for the new "Built-in FireWire" 
Port in the list.  Doing this will do DHCP over FireWire, and as long 
as you don't use FireWire to network multiple computers it shouldn't 
create any conflicts.

And the last time I posted this information, someone asked:

> Excuse me if I am being thick, but what does FireWire have to do with 
> anything? Do some pocketpcs connect to the Mac via the FireWire port?  
> My Ipaq doesn't.  Can I do the same thing as above, only for USB or 
> Bluetooth?

FireWire doesn't have anything to do with it.  The issue is that 
turning on Internet Sharing causes the Mac to run a DHCP server on each 
"network" that you have selected in "To computers using:" in the 
Internet Sharing System Preference.  Running a DHCP server can conflict 
with the DHCP server your ISP or employer, or router is running, 
causing problems for all computers on that network.

By selecting FireWire in the Internet Sharing System Preferce, the DHCP 
server runs on  FireWire which probably doens't have anything except 
maybe a hard disk and/or camera.  This means you don't create any 
problems for other users of your network.  And because there are no 
TCP/IP devices attached via FireWire it actually doesn't generate 
traffic on the FireWire bus either.

Hope that helps,

Dave Koziol
Mark/Space, Inc.