Re: [Evolution] Evolution to Evolution Sync?

[Ty Norton <ty norton to>]

I have an old handspring I was never really too fond of... maybe I could
try and learn to love the little guy; that is, until a sync feature is
implimented ;)

Regards,
        Ty

On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 11:52, John Sturgeon wrote:
> Ty,
>
> Since this seem like it's a pretty critical feature for you, have you
> though of plunking down $50 for a used Palm on eBay, and using it to
> 'sync' all of your evo's together?  I have a palm, and I use it to sync
> my home evolution with my work evolution.  It works quite well.
>
> -john sturgeon <><
>
> On Thu, 2001-11-29 at 06:39, Chris Tooley wrote:
>     On Wed, 2001-11-28 at 23:30, Ty Norton wrote:
>     > On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 08:34, JP Rosevear wrote:
>     > > On Sun, 2001-11-25 at 05:36, Ty Norton wrote:
>     > > > I was wondering if there was any way to sync between evolution clients.
>     > > > 
>     > > > Seemed like it would save me some hastle if I could suck all my messages
>     > > > off the home station into my portable.
>     > > > Thanks,
>     > > 
>     > > Everything is in the ~/evolution directory.  Maybe you could rsync it?
>     > 
>     > Your solution is something I have already thought of, but in different
>     > situations you would lose that interesting exchange that I was so
>     > seeking.
>     > 
>     > I'll cite an example.
>     > 
>     > I'm heading offsite to do some server work, before I leave I sync up my
>     > appointments; and my current stockpiles of mail.
>     > 
>     > While I was away I made appointments(and added them into evo), I also
>     > linked up to get my mail a few times. Since my mail piles up very
>     > quickly ...and... I don't keep an archive on the server, this creates a
>     > big problem for me.
>     > 
>     > When I get back home; or even to the office, I would obviously like to
>     > resync up with my desktop station.. exchanging
>     > contacts/appointments/new-mail in both directions.
>     > 
>     > I am quite aware that this change could not be implimented with the
>     > current feature freeze; however, might this be evaluated as a possible
>     > feature for 1.1?? 
>     > I know this would make my life a hell of alot easier; not to mention be
>     > one very important feature that only evo (to my knowledge) would offer.
>     > 
>     > Regards,
>     > --
>     > Ty Norton | ty norton to
>     
>     These are things that a Groupware suite usually manages as everything is
>     stored on the server.  However, since I can't connect my calendar, todo,
>     or Address book to the the Domino server, I agree that this would be
>     handy for me as well.  I understand the reasoning for not making
>     Evolution work with this proprietary protocol or another, and I'm not
>     complaining about that, it would just be nice to have some way of
>     syncing up my 4 installations of Evolution so that not any one of them
>     is different.
>     
>     On the other hand I do agree with the other poster that improving the
>     LDAP interface is extremely important.
>     
>     Chris Tooley
>     
>     
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