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Hope someone can help me with this. I have just started using by PC on the
same LAN as my Mac throughout the day, and emails are a disaster but not
predictably.
Details follow, but core problem (I think) is that Outlook2003 marks some
(not all and not on every pass) messages on my POP server as READ, and
Entourage on the Mac side does not download them as it should.
If thatıs not clear, read on. But if itıs a known issue, is there anything
I
can do about it?
Even more oddly, I canıt reproduce it now. This morning they are both
downloading all messages.
DETAILS...
For reasons that would both amuse and bore you I have Mac desktop and an
IBM
T40 laptop.
Iım a Mac user from way back, but Iım reasonably competent in Windows
through Virtual PC and then through wrestling my notebook into something
like submission.
I have NOT been using Outlook2003, however, until this past week. Iıve
opened it, realized I had to learn new paradigms, and closed it. Now I
have
it set up and actually kind of like it. In fact, I do like it a lot.
BUT. Always before I have worked with email on the PC with Eudora, which
is
wonderfully cross-platform and powerful and an old old friend (but
clunky).
On the Mac side, I use Entourage (Office 2004). I have also generally kept
the notebook off until I was ready to leave town. Then I would fire it up,
let Eudora catch up on email, and take off.
I have my own domains and leave mail on the POP servers for 45 days so the
notebook can always ³catch up.² I also send copies of everything outbound
to
a special account that all computers download from automatically, so my
³sends² are coordinated as well.
Yesterday, for the first time, I decided to leave the notebook on with
Outlook running while I did other work on the desktop Mac. They are
networked together, and I needed files from both.
I missed dozens of email messages! When I realized it was happening, I
accessed the server directly from the Mac and saw them sitting there, but
they were all ³gray² indicating they had been read and therefore had never
been downloaded to the folders I check for new mail.
I figured that Outlook was marking messages on the server as READ and
Entourage was honoring that. Eudora on the Mac side downloaded them all
with
no problem.
Is there any way to avoid this? Entourage does not do it to Outlook. If
the
Mac sweeps first, Outlook still sees the mail as new and downloads it
anyway. Worse, it seems to have gone away. But how can I be sure it wonıt
happen again.
Sorry this is so confusing. You should see inside my head if you want a
real
scare.
- Bill Weylock
Macintosh G5 1.8Ghz (single)
Tiger 10.4.7
Office 2004
ThinkPad T40
Windows XP Pro SP2
Office 2003
Treo 650 (Cingular)
(sigh)
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x'>Hope someone can help me with this. I have just started using by PC on
th=
e same LAN as my Mac throughout the day, and emails are a disaster –
b=
ut not predictably.<BR>
<BR>
Details follow, but core problem (I think) is that Outlook2003 marks some
(=
not all and not on every pass) messages on my POP server as READ, and
Entour=
age on the Mac side does not download them as it should.<BR>
<BR>
If that’s not clear, read on. But if it’s a known issue, is
the=
re anything I can do about it?<BR>
<BR>
Even more oddly, I can’t reproduce it now. This morning they are
both=
downloading all messages.<BR>
<BR>
DETAILS...<BR>
<BR>
For reasons that would both amuse and bore you I have Mac desktop and an
IB=
M T40 laptop.<BR>
<BR>
I’m a Mac user from way back, but I’m reasonably competent in
W=
indows through Virtual PC and then through wrestling my notebook into
someth=
ing like submission.<BR>
<BR>
I have NOT been using Outlook2003, however, until this past week.
I’v=
e opened it, realized I had to learn new paradigms, and closed it. Now I
hav=
e it set up and actually kind of like it. In fact, I do like it – a
lo=
t.<BR>
<BR>
BUT. Always before I have worked with email on the PC with Eudora, which
is=
wonderfully cross-platform and powerful and an old old friend (but
clunky).=
On the Mac side, I use Entourage (Office 2004). I have also generally
kept =
the notebook off until I was ready to leave town. Then I would fire it up,
l=
et Eudora catch up on email, and take off.<BR>
<BR>
I have my own domains and leave mail on the POP servers for 45 days so the
=
notebook can always “catch up.” I also send copies of
everything=
outbound to a special account that all computers download from
automaticall=
y, so my “sends” are coordinated as well.<BR>
<BR>
Yesterday, for the first time, I decided to leave the notebook on with
Outl=
ook running while I did other work on the desktop Mac. They are networked
to=
gether, and I needed files from both.<BR>
<BR>
I missed dozens of email messages! When I realized it was happening, I
acce=
ssed the server directly from the Mac and saw them sitting there, but they
w=
ere all “gray” indicating they had been read and therefore had
n=
ever been downloaded to the folders I check for new mail.<BR>
<BR>
I figured that Outlook was marking messages on the server as READ and
Entou=
rage was honoring that. Eudora on the Mac side downloaded them all with no
p=
roblem.<BR>
<BR>
Is there any way to avoid this? Entourage does not do it to Outlook. If
the=
Mac sweeps first, Outlook still sees the mail as new and downloads it
anywa=
y. Worse, it seems to have gone away. But how can I be sure it won’t
h=
appen again.<BR>
<BR>
Sorry this is so confusing. You should see inside my head if you want a
rea=
l scare. <BR>
<BR>
- Bill Weylock<BR>
<BR>
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Macintosh </FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#00007F">G5 1.8Ghz (single)<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">Tiger 10.4.7<BR>
Office 2004<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#00007F">ThinkPad T40<BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR=3D"#000080">Windows XP Pro SP2<BR>
Office 2003<BR>
<BR>
Treo 650 (Cingular)<BR>
(sigh)<BR>
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