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Synchronizing
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Pocket PC Phone User Manual 57
Synchronizing
Information
4.2 Synchronizing information
This section provides an overview of the types of Outlook information you can synchro-
nize. By default, ActiveSync does not automatically synchronize all types of Outlook
information. Use ActiveSync options to turn synchronization on and off for specic
information types.
Synchronizing Inbox
When you select Inbox for synchronization in ActiveSync, e-mail messages are syn-
chronized as part of the general synchronization process. During synchronization, the
following events occur :
n Messages are copied from the Outlook Inbox folder on your desktop computer, or
from a Microsoft Exchange Server, to the Inbox folder on your Pocket PC Phone.
n By default, when synchronizing Inbox information with your desktop computer, you
will receive only messages from the last three days and the rst 500 bytes of each
new message. You can also choose to download le attachments.
n The messages on your phone and on your desktop computer are linked. When you
delete a message on your phone, it is deleted from your desktop computer the next
time you synchronize, and vice versa.
n Messages in subfolders in other e-mail folders in Outlook are synchronized only if
the folders have been selected for synchronization in the Inbox on your Pocket PC
Phone.
SMS messages are not received in your Inbox through synchronization. Instead,
they are sent to your phone by way of your service provider. For more details,
please see Message Features in Chapter 8.
Synchronizing Calendar
n Calendar items stored on your Pocket PC Phone can be synchronized with calendar
items stored on your desktop PC and/or on a Microsoft Exchange Server. By default,
calendar items from the last two weeks will be synchronized.
n Calendar items created on your Pocket PC Phone are copied to your desktop PC
and/or server during synchronization, and vice versa.