database on dot Mac

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John Chavez

Hi Folks,

A friend told me that I could have my Entourage database saved to dot Mac
and
share that db with my laptop and desktop.

Has anyone heard of this? If yes, how would you do it?


John Chavez, Los Angeles
iMac G5
2 GB Ram
160G HD
Mac OS 10.4.8
Mac Office 2004 11.3.2
 
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Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Hi Folks,

A friend told me that I could have my Entourage database saved to dot Mac and
share that db with my laptop and desktop.

Has anyone heard of this? If yes, how would you do it?


John Chavez, Los Angeles
iMac G5
2 GB Ram
160G HD
Mac OS 10.4.8
Mac Office 2004 11.3.2
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It's possible in theory, but not really practical.

The database rapidly grows to many hundreds of megabytes, even several
gigabytes. Even if you managed to maintain the database small enough so it
would fit in the space allowed by dot mac, working with files that size over
the slow dot mac network connection would result in all sorts of errors ­
probably, ultimately, terminal.
 
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William Smith

Barry Wainwright said:
It's possible in theory, but not really practical.

The database rapidly grows to many hundreds of megabytes, even several
gigabytes. Even if you managed to maintain the database small enough so it
would fit in the space allowed by dot mac, working with files that size over
the slow dot mac network connection would result in all sorts of errors ­
probably, ultimately, terminal.
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One option is to take advantage of .Mac's IMAP service. IMAP essentially
synchronizes your email client (in this case Entourage) with your
mailbox on .Mac. For example: if you create a folder on one computer it
will sync up to .Mac and then that will sync with your second computer.
This is essentially the same thing you're asking to do.

bill
 
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