Synchronization Plug-in - this application allows synchronization of personal calendar, contact and notes folders as well as public folders stored in MailServer. Generally, the plug-in is used along with IMAP or POP3 protocols to receive email, however, it can be also used separately, without an email account.

This application is useful especially to users of notebooks who need to work with their email, calendar and contacts offline. Thus, users can access their data anywhere and handle this data as needed (change it and if connected to the Internet, they can also synchronize it with data saved at the server). The application is also useful for those who need download their email via POP3 or IMAP.

It is not necessary to perform the synchronization by hand, but it is possible. Just install the application once and set the simple dialog. Later synchronizations will be performed automatically using the parameters set in the dialog.

Synchronization Plug-in also includes Help which can be triggered from the MS Outlook's toolbar. This help can also be found in Start → Programs → → Synchronization Plug-in.

Synchronization Plug-in can be applied to the following versions of MS Outlook:

Installation of the Synchronization Plug-in can be run under Windows 2000 Professional (version Service Pack 4), XP (version Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2) and Windows Vista (Home, Business, Enterprise or Ultimate editions).

The Windows OS must include Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.

Warning: It is not possible to use both Outlook Connector and Synchronization Plug-in within the same profile. Both applications can be installed and used in one MS Outlook, however, they cannot be both used by one account simultaneously. Synchronization Plug-in can synchronize only calendar and contact folders located in MS Outlook's private folders. These items folders can be combined only with standard IMAP or POP3 accounts. It is not possible to use it for synchronization of (MAPI) accounts.

TIP: If you want to use all groupware features provided by the Outlook Connector and to work in the mail client offline at the same time, we recommend to set MS Outlook as described in chapter 6.4   Outlook Connector and Synchronization Plug-in.