Syncing with Outlook and MS Exchange Server

[Chudman]

I have been using a Palm device for six years, and am now making the leap to a Dell Axim PocketPC. My Axim should arrive by next week.

I have calendar and address data on my Palm from January 2001, which I keep for reference purposes. Some of this data is of a personal nature, which is why I use the Palm desktop program for my PIM instead of Outlook.

The Dell will be syncing with Outlook 2000, which is installed on my computer for use with my company e-mail. I dial-up to our Microsoft Exchange server at headquarters to send and receive company e-mail while traveling. When visiting headquarters, I use the network to transfer e-mail, but still work in the offline mode.

I can transfer my Palm data to Outlook, but do not want this data synchronized with the exchange server at my company. In other words, my company's server should never show any entries in my "calendar" or "contacts" folder.

Is there a way to set up Outlook on my PC so that specific Outlook folders will never be synchronized when I send and receive e-mail? If not, I will have to look for another PIM that can be synced with the Axim.

TIA,
CM :innocent:

[RommelS]

I can transfer my Palm data to Outlook, but do not want this data synchronized with the exchange server at my company. In other words, my company's server should never show any entries in my "calendar" or "contacts" folder.

Yes ...ActiveSync will allow you to select which folders you want to exclude during setup. By the way, ActiveSync will only work with MS Outlook.

[sluppi2000]

You can setup a subfolder under your Contacts folder. You can name it Personal. Copy all your pesonal contacts into this folder. When you synch with your Exchange server check your Offline folder options and make sure this new subfolder is not checked to synch. That should do it.