The Outlook & Sync blog

Synchronizing 2 Outlook installations can be tricky, but it just got easier. A new version of Easy2Sync for Outlook is out. Since the program already has a huge feature list, the changes are mostly details, like more intuitive error messages in several special cases.

[Image: Some of the filters that Easy2Sync for Outlook supports]

You can use Easy2Sync for Outlook to synchronize normal PST files or Exchange Accounts (even “Public folders”). The image shows some of the filter options that are supported, like for example categories.

You can download the latest version here.

There are things that are good for the user. And there’s the exact opposite.

Some users have the talent to do the 100% opposite. Mess up the configuration. Change the PST file path. And so on.

So, you might want to protect your Outlook sync configuration. Easy2Sync for Outlook has a powerful option for that, but it’s a but hidden and can be overlooked.

But actually it’s quite easy. Open the configuration and look at the “Other” tab:

You’ll get a subdialog and here you can configure passwords and notification messages for different situations. Starting the program, editing a task, editing the options, running an Outlook sync from the tray icon. And so on.

Please click here to try it and get more info about Easy2Sync for Outlook.

Outlook comes in may languages. And your “Contacts” folder may be called Contacts, Contactos, Kontakte, Contacs, Contati, Kontakter, Contactpersonen, etc. You get the picture. 😉

The problem begins if you want to synchronize different Outlook versions (in different languages versions). Normally you’d suddenly have to contacts folders, one in each language. That’s any excact synchronization. But not what you want. You want “Contacts” synchronized with “Contactos” (or whatever).

Easy2Sync for Outlook includes a trick to do just that. Theres an assistant to sync folders with “unequal names”:

Here you can specify these two folders for a new task. That task will synchronize only the contents of THESE folders, ignoring the different names, ignoring everything around it.

Almost perfect.

The only remaining problem is, if you still want to synchronize everything else. You’d simply create a new task for that. But then you’d still synchronize these 2 contacts folders. That’s why you have to exclude them. That’s easy:

That’s all. Wanna try? Here’s more about how to synchronize Outlook.