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Outlook Live Not Synching Outlook and Hotmail
I am posting this thread (previously posted to
microsoft.public.outlook.contacts) to both .public and .calendaring in hopes that an MVP in one or the other may offer some insight on this perplexing issue. I was using Intellisync for MSN to synch my Outlook and Hotmail contacts, calendar and tasks. After it was dropped by MSN, I tried both Outlook Connector and Outlook Live, to no avail as described in extensive detail below. Does any MVP or other Microsoft representative know whether Microsoft intends to restore true synchronization to Outlook Live, or offer any other true synchronization solution to replace Intellisync for MSN? Thanks. Text of Thread Previously Posted in Outlook.Contacts: 12/28 Even further update: A cd of Outlook Live came to me in the mail today. I've previously unsubscribed as discussed below. But I can't help quoting from their brochu "Account Synchronization: Whenever you dlete messages, add folders, update contacts, schedule events, or create tasks, the changes are automatically reflected in your Hotmail or MSN Mail account as well as in Outlook. This is true whether you make updates using Outlook or your Web-based email account. So you don't have to worry about remembering which application includes the most up-to-date information. They both do!" Well, we now know that this is not true. But does anyone out there know if Microsoft/Hotmail/Outlook intends to fix this problem so that Outlook Live will ultimately offer true synchronization? Perhaps a Microsoft MVP? Thanks. "surfer100" wrote in message ... 12/25, further update: Hotmail technical support just wrote to me saying, "we currently do not have any software that can enable you to sychronize your account information." That's that, I guess. To all the others who have relied upon Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook, and Intellisync for MSN, I share your upset. For now I'm using Intellisync for Yahoo, which works even better than Intellisync for MSN and is free as described below. Perhaps over time I will migrate my primary email from Hotmail to Yahoo. That would be a big effort because I have been using Hotmail as my primary since the internet began. But I'm confident that both time and developments in the market place will give me the appropriate cues. Sufer100 "surfer100" wrote in message ... Update: I have a dormant Yahoo email address. Today I've installed Intellisync for Yahoo. It syncs Outlook's contacts, calendar, and tasks with Yahoo's. Moreover, the contact info synchronization *includes* the comment field at the bottom of the Outlook Contact window where I often put much useful info re each contact. The now discontinued Intellisyn for MSN never could do this! Even better...Intellisync for Yahoo is FREE! Isn't competition a great thing? g "surfer100" wrote in message ... Until several days ago I was syncing my Outlook email, contacts, calendar and task lists with the same fields in my Hotmail account. I am an MSN Premium subscriber and was using Intellisync for MSN to do so. Microsoft discontinued the Intellisync product several days ago. The links offered two migration alternatives, MSN Premium with Outlook Connector or Microsoft Office Outlook Live to achieve the same functionality. Specifically the web site says: "MSN Premium and Microsoft Office Outlook Live subscribers can use the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector for even greater reliability and functionality, including access and synchronization of e-mail messages, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes." (Source: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...000051033.aspx ) I have tried both approaches, installing the Outlook Connector with my current MSN Premium subscription and even subscribing to Outlook Live, and neither offers syncing of calendar or contacts! Only email is truly synched. The calendar and contacts will display is side-by-side windows, but do not sync information. Help!! Any suggestions? |
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Outlook Live Not Synching Outlook and Hotmail
Thank you for replying, Diane.
I have a Hotmail account. It is set as my default in Outlook. What exactly was not working is this, from the Outlook Live brochure that came with the install cd: "Whenever you delete messages, add folders, update contacts, schedule events, or create tasks, the changes are automatically reflected in your Hotmail or MSN Mail account as well as in Outlook." What happened, instead, is that Outlook displayed my Hotmail calendar window in a parallel window to my Outlook calendar, but it wouldn't sync them. Same for contacts. There are multiple posts from other users complaining about the same thing. Do you have Outlook Live installed with Outlook and with a Hotmail account and are you able to get true synchronization, as promised in the brochure? Surfer100 "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote in message ... What exactly isn't working as described in the brochure? Is the MSN mail store set as your default? Everything on the server will sync with the local msn store - not with your personal folders file. if you only have an msn account you can set it as default and close the personal folders. If you have multiple accounts, use rules to move them out of the default pst so you can set the msn one as default and not upload all the mail to the msn server (unless you want to). On 12/29/05 3:40 PM, in article , "surfer100" wrote: I am posting this thread (previously posted to microsoft.public.outlook.contacts) to both .public and .calendaring in hopes that an MVP in one or the other may offer some insight on this perplexing issue. I was using Intellisync for MSN to synch my Outlook and Hotmail contacts, calendar and tasks. After it was dropped by MSN, I tried both Outlook Connector and Outlook Live, to no avail as described in extensive detail below. Does any MVP or other Microsoft representative know whether Microsoft intends to restore true synchronization to Outlook Live, or offer any other true synchronization solution to replace Intellisync for MSN? Thanks. Text of Thread Previously Posted in Outlook.Contacts: 12/28 Even further update: A cd of Outlook Live came to me in the mail today. I've previously unsubscribed as discussed below. But I can't help quoting from their brochu "Account Synchronization: Whenever you dlete messages, add folders, update contacts, schedule events, or create tasks, the changes are automatically reflected in your Hotmail or MSN Mail account as well as in Outlook. This is true whether you make updates using Outlook or your Web-based account. So you don't have to worry about remembering which application includes the most up-to-date information. They both do!" Well, we now know that this is not true. But does anyone out there know if Microsoft/Hotmail/Outlook intends to fix this problem so that Outlook Live will ultimately offer true synchronization? Perhaps a Microsoft MVP? Thanks. "surfer100" wrote in message ... 12/25, further update: Hotmail technical support just wrote to me saying, "we currently do not have any software that can enable you to sychronize your account information." That's that, I guess. To all the others who have relied upon Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook, and Intellisync for MSN, I share your upset. For now I'm using Intellisync for Yahoo, which works even better than Intellisync for MSN and is free as described below. Perhaps over time I will migrate my primary email from Hotmail to Yahoo. That would be a big effort because I have been using Hotmail as my primary since the internet began. But I'm confident that both time and developments in the market place will give me the appropriate cues. Sufer100 "surfer100" wrote in message ... Update: I have a dormant Yahoo email address. Today I've installed Intellisync for Yahoo. It syncs Outlook's contacts, calendar, and tasks with Yahoo's. Moreover, the contact info synchronization *includes* the comment field at the bottom of the Outlook Contact window where I often put much useful info re each contact. The now discontinued Intellisyn for MSN never could do this! Even better...Intellisync for Yahoo is FREE! Isn't competition a great thing? g "surfer100" wrote in message ... Until several days ago I was syncing my Outlook email, contacts, calendar and task lists with the same fields in my Hotmail account. I am an MSN Premium subscriber and was using Intellisync for MSN to do so. Microsoft discontinued the Intellisync product several days ago. The links offered two migration alternatives, MSN Premium with Outlook Connector or Microsoft Office Outlook Live to achieve the same functionality. Specifically the web site says: "MSN Premium and Microsoft Office Outlook Live subscribers can use the Microsoft Office Outlook Connector for even greater reliability and functionality, including access and synchronization of e-mail messages, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes." (Source: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...000051033.aspx ) I have tried both approaches, installing the Outlook Connector with my current MSN Premium subscription and even subscribing to Outlook Live, and neither offers syncing of calendar or contacts! Only email is truly synched. The calendar and contacts will display is side-by-side windows, but do not sync information. Help!! Any suggestions? -- Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook] Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/ Outlook Tips: http://www.outlook-tips.net/ Outlook & Exchange Solutions Center: http://www.slipstick.com Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter: (posted using Entourage) |
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