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4.2 Synchronizing information
This section provides an overview of the types of
Outlook
information you can synchro-
nize. By default,
ActiveSync
does not automatically synchronize all types of
Outlook
information. Use
ActiveSync
options to turn synchronization on and off for specific
information types.
Synchronizing Inbox
When you select
Inbox
for synchronization in
ActiveSync
, e-mail messages are syn-
chronized as part of the general synchronization process. During synchronization, the
following events occur :
n
Messages are copied from the
Outlook Inbox
folder on your desktop computer, or
from a
Microsoft Exchange Server
, to the Inbox folder on your Pocket PC Phone.
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By default, when synchronizing
Inbox
information with your desktop computer, you
will receive only messages from the last three days and the first
500 bytes
of each
new message. You can also choose to download file attachments.
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The messages on your phone and on your desktop computer are linked. When you
delete a message on your phone, it is deleted from your desktop computer the next
time you synchronize, and vice versa.
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Messages in subfolders in other e-mail folders in
Outlook
are synchronized only if
the folders have been selected for synchronization in the
Inbox
on your Pocket PC
Phone.
SMS
messages are not received in your Inbox through synchronization. Instead,
they are sent to your phone by way of your service provider. For more details,
please see
Message Features in Chapter 8
.
Synchronizing Calendar
n
Calendar
items stored on your Pocket PC Phone can be synchronized with calendar
items stored on your desktop PC and/or on a Microsoft Exchange Server. By default,
calendar items from the last two weeks will be synchronized.
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Calendar
items created on your Pocket PC Phone are copied to your desktop PC
and/or server during synchronization, and vice versa.