Changes in E-mail Messages Are Not Synchronized

ID: Q177298


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Pocket Outlook, version 2.0
  • Microsoft Windows CE Services versions 2.0, 2.1
  • Microsoft Windows CE for the Handheld PC
  • Microsoft Windows CE for the Palm-size PC


SYMPTOMS

When you edit an e-mail message using Microsoft Pocket Outlook, and you then synchronize your Handheld PC (H/PC) or Palm-size PC (P/PC) with your desktop computer, the e-mail message is not updated on the desktop computer.


CAUSE

This issue occurs because Windows CE Services checks for and synchronizes changes made only to the following e-mail message attributes:

  • Read


  • Unread


  • Delete


NOTE: You can synchronize an e-mail message edited on your desktop computer with your H/PC.


RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, follow these steps:

  1. On the desktop computer, use Microsoft Outlook 97 to edit unsent mail.


  2. Copy the edited e-mail message from the Inbox to another folder on the H/PC or P/PC. To do so, follow these steps:

    1. On the H/PC double-tap Inbox or on the P/PC -tap Start, and then tap Inbox.


    2. Tap the e-mail message in Pocket Outlook.


    3. Tap File, and then tap Copy To.


    4. Tap a folder other than the Inbox folder, and then tap OK.




  3. Synchronize the H/PC or P/PC with the desktop computer.


Additional query words: hand held 1.00

Keywords : kbtool wince handheld pocketoutlook
Version : WINDOWS:2.0,2.1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: September 2, 1999
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