Mail Synchronisation

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Many people use two or more computers for their daily business, perhaps a desktop in their office and a notebook for travel. The Bat!'s Synchronise tool helps you to keep separate copies of The Bat! up to date. Synchronsing data between installations is slightly more complicated than backing up.

 

 

Step 1: Create a data file

 

1. Go to Tools->Synchronise
2. Choose what to synchronise
3. Choose which Address Books to synchronise
4. Choose Step 1: Create ...
5. Click OK
6. Choose the accounts/common folders to synchronise and click OK
7. Enter a file name

 

You have now created a map, which tells The Bat! the current settings and contents of the selected components for installation A.

Beware: When synchronising The Bat! with The Bat! Professional you must Store external attachments in message bodies!

 

 

Step 2: Generate synchronisation archive

 

1. Open The Bat! on your second computer
2. Go to Tools->Synchronise
3. Choose what to synchronise
4. Choose which Address Books to synchronise
5. Choose Step 2: Generate ...
6. Click OK
7. Choose the data file created in Step 1

 

You have now generated a file containing the differences between installation A and installation B.

 

 

Step 3: Importing synchronisation data

 

1. Go to The Bat! on your first computer
2. Go to Tools->Synchronise
3. Choose what to synchronise
4. Choose which Address Books to synchronise
5. Choose Step 3: Submit ...
6. Click OK
7. Choose the synch data file created in Step 2

 

The Bat! now imports the data from your second computer's installation to the first one to give you two identical installs of The Bat!.