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Originally Posted by Jon Westfall
I then have a copy of outlook running on a spare computer at home that pulls from those POP boxes every 5 hours and dumps into a giant PST
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From a standalone (one computer that is not running any server software) perspective, how easy is it to do something like this?
I'm considering setting up an account, but I'm still stuck on the fence regarding local backups. Ideally, I'd be able to have all my data downloaded to a local pst/ost that I can then manipulate, backup, compact, etc. on my own. I realize that the data on the servers is backed up regularly and all that, but I'm kind of :worried: about things like data loss.
Also, as far as my current Outlook usage goes, I sync my Pocket PC to it several times a day and my Smartphone once a day. Most of my data manipulation is done on the PPC end for contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, journal, and I use Gmail for email - several aliases forwarded to one master pop account, which then gets forwarded to Gmail - most of it gets deleted as I deal with it, but two or three times a week, I'll open Outlook and download any email from Gmail that I want to keep. Would this kind of scenario work well with an Exchange account?