My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think it
is not exactly the same.

I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64) I
download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider), using
Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it is ca.
10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the years; I
tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails with the provider
is no option.

On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that is
not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails, since I am
in need of them many times.
For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows XP), and
the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to copy all
e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able to read them on
the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live Mail does not show
any of them.



Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to receive
or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able to read the
mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the laptop when I am
not at home.
So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain folders on
both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read the mails on
the laptop?

Niko

Niko,

There is Windows Live Sync that allows folders on multiple machines to be
synchronized. Problem might be that more than just the folders would need to
be synced to enable both email programs to see the same thing. (I just don't
know). The sync only happens when BOTH machines are on line however.

On my machine (Win 7, Windows Live Mail) the message store is located at
c:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail

Using Windows live sync to sync this folder 'MIGHT' be what you need.

Michael


"N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:4b23a865$0$14126$703f8584@newsgroup

> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think it
> is not exactly the same.
>
> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64) I
> download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider), using
> Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it is ca.
> 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the years; I
> tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails with the
> provider is no option.
>
> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
> laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
> internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that is
> not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails, since I am
> in need of them many times.
> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows XP),
> and the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to copy all
> e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able to read them
> on the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live Mail does not
> show any of them.
>
> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to
> receive or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able to
> read the mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the laptop
> when I am not at home.
> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain folders
> on both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read the mails
> on the laptop?
>
> Niko

Exactly what are you synching?

If just eh underlying EML files, that won't make them visible in WLM.
There's an index file Mail.MSMessageStore that tracks what messages are
in what folders as well as other information about them such as if they
are read, what account downloaded them, etc.

I don't know if copying that file as well would be sufficient as there
are related log files for recovery purposes.

--

Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us



"N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:4b23a865$0$14126$703f8584@newsgroup

> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I
> think it is not exactly the same.
>
> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista
> x64) I download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial
> provider), using Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop.
> In total it is ca. 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6
> Gb) over the years; I tell you this so you can understand that leaving
> the mails with the provider is no option.
>
> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and
> the laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places
> where no internet is available. So then I cannot download any new
> mail, but that is not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my
> old e-mails, since I am in need of them many times.
> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows
> XP), and the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to
> copy all e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able
> to read them on the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows
> Live Mail does not show any of them.
>
> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to
> receive or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be
> able to read the mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using
> the laptop when I am not at home.
> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain
> folders on both computers (using the backup program) so that I can
> read the mails on the laptop?
>
> Niko

On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:27:36 +0100, N wrote:

> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think it
> is not exactly the same.
>
> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64) I
> download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider), using
> Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it is ca.
> 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the years; I
> tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails with the provider
> is no option.
>
> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
> laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
> internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that is
> not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails, since I am
> in need of them many times.
> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows XP), and
> the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to copy all
> e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able to read them on
> the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live Mail does not show
> any of them.
>
> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to receive
> or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able to read the
> mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the laptop when I am
> not at home.
> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain folders on
> both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read the mails on
> the laptop?

No clever way to connect email folders that doesn't entail some risk of data
corruption; Windows Live Mail is not a "network aware" application.

Probably the easiest way would be to open a Gmail account (assumes you are
willing to trust Google with your data). Configure the account for IMAP
access. Configure Windows Live Mail (on the desktop) to access the Gmail
account using IMAP. Copy (not move) your email messages from the desktop to
IMAP folders at Gmail. Configure Windows Live Mail (on the laptop) to access
IMAP folders at Gmail.

You won't need to use the Gmail email address for anything other than
account access. You can send/receive using your normal servers on the
desktop, and receive, from Gmail, on the laptop. You could even configure
your Gmail account for POP3 aggregation (Gmail downloads your email, and you
access Gmail from either computer using IMAP).

This would work in a similar fashion for any provider offering a combination
of IMAP access and POP3 aggregation; so, if you don't trust Google, you can
look for another provider offering comparable services.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum

Thanks, Michael. I did as you suggested. Unfortunately, it does not work.
First it appeared to be impossible to copy the index file (and some other
files), as they were "in use" by Explorer (on the laptop).
So I used Unlocker, which made it possible to delete the blocked files and
replace them by the ones from the desktop.
(That's not an elegant solution, but I just wanted to know if it would
work.)
But when I started WLM on the laptop, a message told me:
"The message store has been corrupted. Windows Live Mail has been able to
successfully recover from this corruption".
After that, no e-mail messages were present.
I don't know how WLM found out that something was not allright...

Any idea what can be done better, in this directiuon?

Niko


"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:#pA3uP2eKHA.3792@newsgroup

> Exactly what are you synching?
>
> If just eh underlying EML files, that won't make them visible in WLM.
> There's an index file Mail.MSMessageStore that tracks what messages are in
> what folders as well as other information about them such as if they are
> read, what account downloaded them, etc.
>
> I don't know if copying that file as well would be sufficient as there are
> related log files for recovery purposes.
>
> --
>
> Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us
>
>
>
> "N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:4b23a865$0$14126$703f8584@newsgroup

>> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think
>> it is not exactly the same.
>>
>> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64) I
>> download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider), using
>> Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it is ca.
>> 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the years; I
>> tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails with the
>> provider is no option.
>>
>> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
>> laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
>> internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that
>> is not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails, since
>> I am in need of them many times.
>> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows XP),
>> and the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to copy
>> all e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able to read
>> them on the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live Mail does
>> not show any of them.
>>
>> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to
>> receive or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able
>> to read the mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the
>> laptop when I am not at home.
>> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain folders
>> on both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read the mails
>> on the laptop?
>>
>> Niko

>
>

Thanks, Michael. I am going to try this, and report back to this forum
whether it works.

I'll be back.

Niko


"Michael Walraven" <mexxwalraven@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:uBC11vzeKHA.4636@newsgroup

> Niko,
>
> There is Windows Live Sync that allows folders on multiple machines to be
> synchronized. Problem might be that more than just the folders would need
> to be synced to enable both email programs to see the same thing. (I just
> don't know). The sync only happens when BOTH machines are on line however.
>
> On my machine (Win 7, Windows Live Mail) the message store is located at
> c:\Users\<name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Live Mail
>
> Using Windows live sync to sync this folder 'MIGHT' be what you need.
>
> Michael
>
>
> "N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:4b23a865$0$14126$703f8584@newsgroup

>> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think
>> it is not exactly the same.
>>
>> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64) I
>> download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider), using
>> Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it is ca.
>> 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the years; I
>> tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails with the
>> provider is no option.
>>
>> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
>> laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
>> internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that
>> is not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails, since
>> I am in need of them many times.
>> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows XP),
>> and the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to copy
>> all e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able to read
>> them on the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live Mail does
>> not show any of them.
>>
>> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to
>> receive or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able
>> to read the mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the
>> laptop when I am not at home.
>> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain folders
>> on both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read the mails
>> on the laptop?
>>
>> Niko

>

Hi,

I am sorry that I did not react to the replies anymore. All of a sudden I
was brought to a hospital and had an emergency surgery, which saved my life.
But now I am back, and I can try to continue this thread.

Let me explain my question some more, based on the reactions that were sent.

Webmail, IMAP, etc., are not an option for me, for 2 reasons.
1. When I am reading the e-mail on the laptop, this is usually when I am
travelling, e.g. in a train, an airplane, a hotel, etc. In those situations,
I usually am not online, and so webmail would not help me.
2. The total volume of my e-mail is about 6 Gb. That is because it is the
e-mail of a lot of years, and all these messages are important for me to
keep and - every now and then - to read again. Now, my provider offers
webmail and IMAP, but not for a total size of 6 Gb.

I don't need to receive or send e-mail from my laptop. I just want to be
able to read messages that I sent or received in the past. So actually I
don't need the full capacity of an e-mail application. All I need is an
e-mail reader.
I don't know if such an application exists, and if I cannot find it, I will
have to use WLM on the laptop. That is ok for me, apart from the fact that
synchronizing between the 2 computers does not work. When I sync between the
2 (using SyncBackSE), backing up the files (i.e. the e-mail messages and
other files, like the database files) to the laptop, and next start WLM on
the laptop, it tells me that the files are corrupt.

I have not yet tried Windows Live Sync. Would that offer me what I am
looking for. do you think?

Niko





"N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:4b23a865$0$14126$703f8584@newsgroup

> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think it
> is not exactly the same.
>
> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64) I
> download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider), using
> Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it is ca.
> 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the years; I
> tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails with the
> provider is no option.
>
> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
> laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
> internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that is
> not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails, since I am
> in need of them many times.
> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows XP),
> and the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to copy all
> e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able to read them
> on the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live Mail does not
> show any of them.
>
> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to
> receive or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able to
> read the mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the laptop
> when I am not at home.
> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain folders
> on both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read the mails
> on the laptop?
>
> Niko

Some more info.
I just tried Windows Live Sync. But this does not work. It has a maximum of
20,000 files to be synched. And in my mail folders, there is a total of
about 25,000 files.
Besides, the synching goes through the internet instead of through my local
network, which makes it extremely slow: even though I have a fast internet
connection, it can never compete with my local network, of course.

Another reason why I expect that it will not be a solution is, that it
does - I think - exactly the same that SyncBackSE does: copy the files from
the mail folder on my main computer to the mail folder of the laptop. This I
can do already, so WL Sync does not add anything new here.

What I don't understand is the following. I copy each and every file of the
mail folder (including, as far as I know, database files, system files etc.)
from the main computer to the laptop.
So I would expect that WLM on the laptop would be fooled into believing they
are its own files. But it is NOT. When I backup the files to the laptop and
next start WLM on it, every time it tells me that the files are corrupt, and
starts to recover the database. But how does it KNOW?

Niko



"N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:4b5432df$0$14129$703f8584@newsgroup

> Hi,
>
> I am sorry that I did not react to the replies anymore. All of a sudden I
> was brought to a hospital and had an emergency surgery, which saved my
> life.
> But now I am back, and I can try to continue this thread.
>
> Let me explain my question some more, based on the reactions that were
> sent.
>
> Webmail, IMAP, etc., are not an option for me, for 2 reasons.
> 1. When I am reading the e-mail on the laptop, this is usually when I am
> travelling, e.g. in a train, an airplane, a hotel, etc. In those
> situations, I usually am not online, and so webmail would not help me.
> 2. The total volume of my e-mail is about 6 Gb. That is because it is the
> e-mail of a lot of years, and all these messages are important for me to
> keep and - every now and then - to read again. Now, my provider offers
> webmail and IMAP, but not for a total size of 6 Gb.
>
> I don't need to receive or send e-mail from my laptop. I just want to be
> able to read messages that I sent or received in the past. So actually I
> don't need the full capacity of an e-mail application. All I need is an
> e-mail reader.
> I don't know if such an application exists, and if I cannot find it, I
> will have to use WLM on the laptop. That is ok for me, apart from the fact
> that synchronizing between the 2 computers does not work. When I sync
> between the 2 (using SyncBackSE), backing up the files (i.e. the e-mail
> messages and other files, like the database files) to the laptop, and next
> start WLM on the laptop, it tells me that the files are corrupt.
>
> I have not yet tried Windows Live Sync. Would that offer me what I am
> looking for. do you think?
>
> Niko
>
>
>
>
>
> "N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:4b23a865$0$14126$703f8584@newsgroup

>> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think
>> it is not exactly the same.
>>
>> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64) I
>> download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider), using
>> Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it is ca.
>> 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the years; I
>> tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails with the
>> provider is no option.
>>
>> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
>> laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
>> internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that
>> is not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails, since
>> I am in need of them many times.
>> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows XP),
>> and the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to copy
>> all e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able to read
>> them on the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live Mail does
>> not show any of them.
>>
>> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to
>> receive or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able
>> to read the mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the
>> laptop when I am not at home.
>> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain folders
>> on both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read the mails
>> on the laptop?
>>
>> Niko

>

Have you tried File, Export, Messages in WLMail?
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:4b544676$0$14117$703f8584@newsgroup

> Some more info.
> I just tried Windows Live Sync. But this does not work. It has a maximum
> of 20,000 files to be synched. And in my mail folders, there is a total of
> about 25,000 files.
> Besides, the synching goes through the internet instead of through my
> local network, which makes it extremely slow: even though I have a fast
> internet connection, it can never compete with my local network, of
> course.
>
> Another reason why I expect that it will not be a solution is, that it
> does - I think - exactly the same that SyncBackSE does: copy the files
> from the mail folder on my main computer to the mail folder of the laptop.
> This I can do already, so WL Sync does not add anything new here.
>
> What I don't understand is the following. I copy each and every file of
> the mail folder (including, as far as I know, database files, system files
> etc.) from the main computer to the laptop.
> So I would expect that WLM on the laptop would be fooled into believing
> they are its own files. But it is NOT. When I backup the files to the
> laptop and next start WLM on it, every time it tells me that the files are
> corrupt, and starts to recover the database. But how does it KNOW?
>
> Niko
>
>
>
> "N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:4b5432df$0$14129$703f8584@newsgroup

>> Hi,
>>
>> I am sorry that I did not react to the replies anymore. All of a sudden I
>> was brought to a hospital and had an emergency surgery, which saved my
>> life.
>> But now I am back, and I can try to continue this thread.
>>
>> Let me explain my question some more, based on the reactions that were
>> sent.
>>
>> Webmail, IMAP, etc., are not an option for me, for 2 reasons.
>> 1. When I am reading the e-mail on the laptop, this is usually when I am
>> travelling, e.g. in a train, an airplane, a hotel, etc. In those
>> situations, I usually am not online, and so webmail would not help me.
>> 2. The total volume of my e-mail is about 6 Gb. That is because it is the
>> e-mail of a lot of years, and all these messages are important for me to
>> keep and - every now and then - to read again. Now, my provider offers
>> webmail and IMAP, but not for a total size of 6 Gb.
>>
>> I don't need to receive or send e-mail from my laptop. I just want to be
>> able to read messages that I sent or received in the past. So actually I
>> don't need the full capacity of an e-mail application. All I need is an
>> e-mail reader.
>> I don't know if such an application exists, and if I cannot find it, I
>> will have to use WLM on the laptop. That is ok for me, apart from the
>> fact that synchronizing between the 2 computers does not work. When I
>> sync between the 2 (using SyncBackSE), backing up the files (i.e. the
>> e-mail messages and other files, like the database files) to the laptop,
>> and next start WLM on the laptop, it tells me that the files are corrupt.
>>
>> I have not yet tried Windows Live Sync. Would that offer me what I am
>> looking for. do you think?
>>
>> Niko
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
>> news:4b23a865$0$14126$703f8584@newsgroup

>>> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think
>>> it is not exactly the same.
>>>
>>> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64)
>>> I download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider),
>>> using Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it
>>> is ca. 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the
>>> years; I tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails with
>>> the provider is no option.
>>>
>>> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
>>> laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
>>> internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that
>>> is not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails, since
>>> I am in need of them many times.
>>> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows XP),
>>> and the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to copy
>>> all e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able to read
>>> them on the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live Mail
>>> does not show any of them.
>>>
>>> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to
>>> receive or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able
>>> to read the mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the
>>> laptop when I am not at home.
>>> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain
>>> folders on both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read
>>> the mails on the laptop?
>>>
>>> Niko

>>

There are reasons why you cannot just copy a WLMail message store (that is,
the folders containing the individual message files along with the database
file and its associated log files, files containing account details and a
few other things) from one machine to another. Anything which is encrypted
(like passwords) uses a key based on the Windows user account containing
it. And the program uses Registry data to administer itself, and some of
these will vary from one installation to another. So that's not going to
work

I do think that Michael Walraven's suggestion - use Hotmail's storage, sync
and POP aggregation - is the one most likely to achieve your aim. The
initial setup will take some time, but after that a simple sync on your
laptop should ensure that its local store of messages is complete and up to
date. It's quick and easy to set up a Hotmail account, and you will have
immediate access to as much storage there as you need. I suppose that your
10,000 messages are sorted into folders. This might present a problem,
because Hotmail does not allow for nested folders (folders within folders).
But careful naming of your folders should get around that. I would create
new folders in the web UI and wait until they appear in WLMail on both
machines before moving archived messages into them.

I would suggest that you at least give it a trial with a subset of your
messages. If it seems to work - and there's no reason why it shouldn't -
then you could go ahead and implement the solution for all your stored
messages. If you really don't like it for some reason, you could just empty
your Hotmail folders and forget about it. The account will eventually lapse
and become history.
--
Noel


"N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:4b544676$0$14117$703f8584@newsgroup

> Some more info.
> I just tried Windows Live Sync. But this does not work. It has a maximum
> of 20,000 files to be synched. And in my mail folders, there is a total
> of about 25,000 files.
> Besides, the synching goes through the internet instead of through my
> local network, which makes it extremely slow: even though I have a fast
> internet connection, it can never compete with my local network, of
> course.
>
> Another reason why I expect that it will not be a solution is, that it
> does - I think - exactly the same that SyncBackSE does: copy the files
> from the mail folder on my main computer to the mail folder of the
> laptop. This I can do already, so WL Sync does not add anything new here.
>
> What I don't understand is the following. I copy each and every file of
> the mail folder (including, as far as I know, database files, system
> files etc.) from the main computer to the laptop.
> So I would expect that WLM on the laptop would be fooled into believing
> they are its own files. But it is NOT. When I backup the files to the
> laptop and next start WLM on it, every time it tells me that the files
> are corrupt, and starts to recover the database. But how does it KNOW?
>
> Niko
>
>
>
> "N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
> news:4b5432df$0$14129$703f8584@newsgroup

>> Hi,
>>
>> I am sorry that I did not react to the replies anymore. All of a sudden
>> I was brought to a hospital and had an emergency surgery, which saved my
>> life.
>> But now I am back, and I can try to continue this thread.
>>
>> Let me explain my question some more, based on the reactions that were
>> sent.
>>
>> Webmail, IMAP, etc., are not an option for me, for 2 reasons.
>> 1. When I am reading the e-mail on the laptop, this is usually when I am
>> travelling, e.g. in a train, an airplane, a hotel, etc. In those
>> situations, I usually am not online, and so webmail would not help me.
>> 2. The total volume of my e-mail is about 6 Gb. That is because it is
>> the e-mail of a lot of years, and all these messages are important for
>> me to keep and - every now and then - to read again. Now, my provider
>> offers webmail and IMAP, but not for a total size of 6 Gb.
>>
>> I don't need to receive or send e-mail from my laptop. I just want to be
>> able to read messages that I sent or received in the past. So actually I
>> don't need the full capacity of an e-mail application. All I need is an
>> e-mail reader.
>> I don't know if such an application exists, and if I cannot find it, I
>> will have to use WLM on the laptop. That is ok for me, apart from the
>> fact that synchronizing between the 2 computers does not work. When I
>> sync between the 2 (using SyncBackSE), backing up the files (i.e. the
>> e-mail messages and other files, like the database files) to the laptop,
>> and next start WLM on the laptop, it tells me that the files are
>> corrupt.
>>
>> I have not yet tried Windows Live Sync. Would that offer me what I am
>> looking for. do you think?
>>
>> Niko
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "N" <n@newsgroup> wrote in message
>> news:4b23a865$0$14126$703f8584@newsgroup

>>> My question looks somewhat the same as the one by Ozsubasi, but I think
>>> it is not exactly the same.
>>>
>>> I have 2 computers: a desktop and a laptop. With my desktop (Vista x64)
>>> I download my e-mails (no gmail or hotmail, a commercial provider),
>>> using Windows Live Mail. I store the mails on the desktop. In total it
>>> is ca. 10,000 e-mails (received + sent, together around 6 Gb) over the
>>> years; I tell you this so you can understand that leaving the mails
>>> with the provider is no option.
>>>
>>> On a daily basis I synchronize my documents between the desktop and the
>>> laptop. I travel a lot for my work, and I am usually at places where no
>>> internet is available. So then I cannot download any new mail, but that
>>> is not a big problem. I do want to be able to read my old e-mails,
>>> since I am in need of them many times.
>>> For that reason I installed Windows Live Mail on my laptop (Windows
>>> XP), and the program runs well. I use a backup program (SyncBackSE) to
>>> copy all e-mails from the desktop to the laptop, expecting to be able
>>> to read them on the laptop. However, the laptop version of Windows Live
>>> Mail does not show any of them.
>>>
>>> Is there some way to solve this problem? I don't need to be able to
>>> receive or send any new e-mails with the laptop. I just want to be able
>>> to read the mails that I received or sent with the desktop, using the
>>> laptop when I am not at home.
>>> So, what can I do? E.g., is there a clever way to connect certain
>>> folders on both computers (using the backup program) so that I can read
>>> the mails on the laptop?
>>>
>>> Niko

>>