sharing windows mail and synchronizing

sharing windows mail and synchronizing

I have a new Dell xps 420. I have a 750GB hd for Operating system, and a 1IB 
drive partitioned with E = documents windows mail with newsgroups and 
contacts, favorites
F= Music    G= pictures  H= videos    I = 1tb external backup drive

I just got a HP Pavilion dv7t-100 laptop. It has 2 - 250 gb hard drives. I 
would like to share and synchronize Windows Mail and eventually the 
computers. But first things first.

I put my contacts into a sharing folder via Live Messenger and sent it to 
the laptop. It is now on the laptop as C:\users\ginnyrn\contacts\contacts.In 
Windows Mail when I open contacts, it opens the folder that has a folder in 
it called contacts and then I have to click on that to see the contacts. I 
have 3 identities that I am successfully receiving mail from but the mail 
stays in whichever computer I open it in. Can someone please tell me.
I have an internet connection with a Linksys wrt600n router. I am running 
Win Vista Ultimate on the desktop and Home Premium on the laptop.

#1 - how do I get rid of the double contacts\contacts?
#2 - should I partition this computer? If so how do I do it with the 2 - 
250gb hard drives?
#3 - can I get the mail into synchronization before I tackle the rest of the 
computer?
#4 - should I upgrade the laptop to Vista Ultimate?
#5 = whatever you can tell me to help before I get this new machine in 
trouble   Thank you

date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:09:50 -0400 author: cdlsrn no spam @nospam.com

Re: sharing windows mail and synchronizing

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message.

In news:%23ysUjagFJHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
cdlsrn <no spam @nospam.com> typed:

> #3 - can I get the mail into synchronization before I tackle the rest of 
> the
> computer?

I'll touch on that one - do a search for IMAP (an email protocol that I 
personally feel is better than POP3) and if your email provider allows that 
then use it. It basically communicates with the server quite frequently so 
that when you've read it on one machine it appears (but also appears as 
having been read) on the other machine. No trickery, no hassles, and these 
days we all have bandwidth enough to be able to afford the small overhead.

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date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:53:28 -0400 author: Galen

Re: sharing windows mail and synchronizing

1. The only way you can share contacts and keep them synced 
is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail (WLM) on both computers.
WLM uses a Hotmail account as the middleman for syncing.

2. Not a mail question, thus off-topic here.

3. POP accounts can't be synced. You would have to switch
to IMAP accounts.

4. I have both Ultimate and Home Premium on separate Vista
computers, and I can't tell the difference. 

-- 
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"cdlsrn" <no spam @nospam.com> wrote in message news:%23ysUjagFJHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have a new Dell xps 420. I have a 750GB hd for Operating system, and a 1IB 
> drive partitioned with E = documents windows mail with newsgroups and 
> contacts, favorites
> F= Music    G= pictures  H= videos    I = 1tb external backup drive
> 
> I just got a HP Pavilion dv7t-100 laptop. It has 2 - 250 gb hard drives. I 
> would like to share and synchronize Windows Mail and eventually the 
> computers. But first things first.
> 
> I put my contacts into a sharing folder via Live Messenger and sent it to 
> the laptop. It is now on the laptop as C:\users\ginnyrn\contacts\contacts.In 
> Windows Mail when I open contacts, it opens the folder that has a folder in 
> it called contacts and then I have to click on that to see the contacts. I 
> have 3 identities that I am successfully receiving mail from but the mail 
> stays in whichever computer I open it in. Can someone please tell me.
> I have an internet connection with a Linksys wrt600n router. I am running 
> Win Vista Ultimate on the desktop and Home Premium on the laptop.
> 
> #1 - how do I get rid of the double contacts\contacts?
> #2 - should I partition this computer? If so how do I do it with the 2 - 
> 250gb hard drives?
> #3 - can I get the mail into synchronization before I tackle the rest of the 
> computer?
> #4 - should I upgrade the laptop to Vista Ultimate?
> #5 = whatever you can tell me to help before I get this new machine in 
> trouble   Thank you
> 
>

date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 21:53:30 -0700 author: Gary VanderMolen lid

Re: sharing windows mail and synchronizing

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message 
news:%23k2uWXiFJHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
1. The only way you can share contacts and keep them synced
is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail (WLM) on both computers.
WLM uses a Hotmail account as the middleman for syncing.

2. Not a mail question, thus off-topic here.

3. POP accounts can't be synced. You would have to switch
to IMAP accounts.

4. I have both Ultimate and Home Premium on separate Vista
computers, and I can't tell the difference.

-- 
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"cdlsrn" <no spam @nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:%23ysUjagFJHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have a new Dell xps 420. I have a 750GB hd for Operating system, and a 
>1IB
> drive partitioned with E = documents windows mail with newsgroups and
> contacts, favorites
> F= Music    G= pictures  H= videos    I = 1tb external backup drive
>
> I just got a HP Pavilion dv7t-100 laptop. It has 2 - 250 gb hard drives. I
> would like to share and synchronize Windows Mail and eventually the
> computers. But first things first.
>
> I put my contacts into a sharing folder via Live Messenger and sent it to
> the laptop. It is now on the laptop as 
> C:\users\ginnyrn\contacts\contacts.In
> Windows Mail when I open contacts, it opens the folder that has a folder 
> in
> it called contacts and then I have to click on that to see the contacts. I
> have 3 identities that I am successfully receiving mail from but the mail
> stays in whichever computer I open it in. Can someone please tell me.
> I have an internet connection with a Linksys wrt600n router. I am running
> Win Vista Ultimate on the desktop and Home Premium on the laptop.
>
> #1 - how do I get rid of the double contacts\contacts?
> #2 - should I partition this computer? If so how do I do it with the 2 -
> 250gb hard drives?
> #3 - can I get the mail into synchronization before I tackle the rest of 
> the
> computer?
> #4 - should I upgrade the laptop to Vista Ultimate?
> #5 = whatever you can tell me to help before I get this new machine in
> trouble   Thank you
>
>
I have Windows Live on each machine just to use the file sharing and to talk 
to some friends. But I don't use it for mail. I use Windows Mail on both 
machines. Sorry I confused you.
What program should I use to transfer my data from the desktop to the 
laptop.?? Will my pictures which are coming fromG:\ windows\user\ etc. ?? on 
the desktop go to c:\windows\user\pictures??

Do I need to partition the laptop so the files won't be confused as to where 
to go??

date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:17:16 -0400 author: CdLSRN

Re: sharing windows mail and synchronizing

new post at bottom


"CdLSRN"  wrote in message
news:%23AXBykiFJHA.768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:%23k2uWXiFJHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> 1. The only way you can share contacts and keep them synced
> is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail (WLM) on both computers.
> WLM uses a Hotmail account as the middleman for syncing.
>
> 2. Not a mail question, thus off-topic here.
>
> 3. POP accounts can't be synced. You would have to switch
> to IMAP accounts.
>
> 4. I have both Ultimate and Home Premium on separate Vista
> computers, and I can't tell the difference.
>
> -- 
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
>
>
> "cdlsrn" <no spam @nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23ysUjagFJHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have a new Dell xps 420. I have a 750GB hd for Operating system, and a
>>1IB
>> drive partitioned with E = documents windows mail with newsgroups and
>> contacts, favorites
>> F= Music    G= pictures  H= videos    I = 1tb external backup drive
>>
>> I just got a HP Pavilion dv7t-100 laptop. It has 2 - 250 gb hard drives.
>> I
>> would like to share and synchronize Windows Mail and eventually the
>> computers. But first things first.
>>
>> I put my contacts into a sharing folder via Live Messenger and sent it to
>> the laptop. It is now on the laptop as
>> C:\users\ginnyrn\contacts\contacts.In
>> Windows Mail when I open contacts, it opens the folder that has a folder
>> in
>> it called contacts and then I have to click on that to see the contacts.
>> I
>> have 3 identities that I am successfully receiving mail from but the mail
>> stays in whichever computer I open it in. Can someone please tell me.
>> I have an internet connection with a Linksys wrt600n router. I am running
>> Win Vista Ultimate on the desktop and Home Premium on the laptop.
>>
>> #1 - how do I get rid of the double contacts\contacts?
>> #2 - should I partition this computer? If so how do I do it with the 2 -
>> 250gb hard drives?
>> #3 - can I get the mail into synchronization before I tackle the rest of
>> the
>> computer?
>> #4 - should I upgrade the laptop to Vista Ultimate?
>> #5 = whatever you can tell me to help before I get this new machine in
>> trouble   Thank you
>>
>>
> I have Windows Live on each machine just to use the file sharing and to
> talk to some friends. But I don't use it for mail. I use Windows Mail on
> both machines. Sorry I confused you.
> What program should I use to transfer my data from the desktop to the
> laptop.?? Will my pictures which are coming fromG:\ windows\user\ etc. ??
> on the desktop go to c:\windows\user\pictures??
>
> Do I need to partition the laptop so the files won't be confused as to
> where to go??

I called my cable company and they only support POP3 not IMAP.

date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:38:05 -0400 author: CdLSRN

Re: sharing windows mail and synchronizing

You didn't confuse me. I merely indicated you can upgrade your
Windows Mail to Windows Live Mail if you want contacts to be
synced across multiple computers.

Data that is not indexed (such as pictures) can be copied any 
way you want, including the Windows Explorer file manager.
However, indexed data, like email messages, should only be
copied by using the program's export/import facility.

-- 
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"CdLSRN"  wrote in message news:%23AXBykiFJHA.768@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> 
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:%23k2uWXiFJHA.3288@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> 1. The only way you can share contacts and keep them synced
> is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail (WLM) on both computers.
> WLM uses a Hotmail account as the middleman for syncing.
> 
> 2. Not a mail question, thus off-topic here.
> 
> 3. POP accounts can't be synced. You would have to switch
> to IMAP accounts.
> 
> 4. I have both Ultimate and Home Premium on separate Vista
> computers, and I can't tell the difference.
> 
> -- 
> Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)
> 
> 
> "cdlsrn" <no spam @nospam.com> wrote in message 
> news:%23ysUjagFJHA.1280@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I have a new Dell xps 420. I have a 750GB hd for Operating system, and a 
>>1IB
>> drive partitioned with E = documents windows mail with newsgroups and
>> contacts, favorites
>> F= Music    G= pictures  H= videos    I = 1tb external backup drive
>>
>> I just got a HP Pavilion dv7t-100 laptop. It has 2 - 250 gb hard drives. I
>> would like to share and synchronize Windows Mail and eventually the
>> computers. But first things first.
>>
>> I put my contacts into a sharing folder via Live Messenger and sent it to
>> the laptop. It is now on the laptop as 
>> C:\users\ginnyrn\contacts\contacts.In
>> Windows Mail when I open contacts, it opens the folder that has a folder 
>> in
>> it called contacts and then I have to click on that to see the contacts. I
>> have 3 identities that I am successfully receiving mail from but the mail
>> stays in whichever computer I open it in. Can someone please tell me.
>> I have an internet connection with a Linksys wrt600n router. I am running
>> Win Vista Ultimate on the desktop and Home Premium on the laptop.
>>
>> #1 - how do I get rid of the double contacts\contacts?
>> #2 - should I partition this computer? If so how do I do it with the 2 -
>> 250gb hard drives?
>> #3 - can I get the mail into synchronization before I tackle the rest of 
>> the
>> computer?
>> #4 - should I upgrade the laptop to Vista Ultimate?
>> #5 = whatever you can tell me to help before I get this new machine in
>> trouble   Thank you
>>
>>
> I have Windows Live on each machine just to use the file sharing and to talk 
> to some friends. But I don't use it for mail. I use Windows Mail on both 
> machines. Sorry I confused you.
> What program should I use to transfer my data from the desktop to the 
> laptop.?? Will my pictures which are coming fromG:\ windows\user\ etc. ?? on 
> the desktop go to c:\windows\user\pictures??
> 
> Do I need to partition the laptop so the files won't be confused as to where 
> to go??

date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 09:58:50 -0700 author: Gary VanderMolen lid

Re: sharing windows mail and synchronizing

There are almost always workarounds, depending on how badly you
want a certain feature. For example, you could open a free IMAP
account with Gmail or AOL, then have all your cable provider's mail
forwarded to the IMAP account.

Here are some informative articles about free IMAP mail:

Gmail: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=75725


AOL:  http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/

-- 
Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (Mail)


"CdLSRN"  wrote in message news:uYFGZwiFJHA.1272@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> 
> I called my cable company and they only support POP3 not IMAP.

date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:08:47 -0700 author: Gary VanderMolen lid