[KLUG Members] Syncing multiple evolutions, possible answer

[Bruce Smith]

> > >If your like me you use Evo on at least 3 computers and would love to be
> > >able to sync their calendars, etc... without always have to go through a
> > >PDA (since they can all reach each other via IP anyway, whether is is
> > >wireless or via a VPN).
> > That would be very nice!
> > >Has anyone tried this -
> > >http://multisync.sourceforge.net/
> > I just did, and couldn't make it work.   :-(
> > I also couldn't find any documentation.
> > It's also status of "alpha", so maybe it doesn't work yet.
> > If anyone gets it to work, please let us know!
> 
> It works as of 0.72-1.  I installed the RPMs on my Laptop and my LTSP
> server.  Set one as a client, one as a server,  and all the calendar
> entries, contact information, and to-do list items appeared in the blank
> evolution running on my laptop.  Very nice!

Yes, it seems to work now, thanks for the info!

Some tips for anyone else trying it:

READ and UNDERSTAND the documentation FIRST.  If you try to install it
and set it up via the GUI without knowing what you're doing (as I did :)
you could run into trouble.  The terms "local" and "remote" do NOT mean
local and remote!  

I created a local evolution server and a remote evolution client,
WRONG!  It started syncing to myself in an infinite loop, duplicating my
address book over and over in itself!  Oops!  :-)

And if you have more than two PC's you're trying to sync:  create
separate connections, running on different ports, with different keys,
for each pair.  I was trying to sync my work desktop to both my laptop
and my home computer.  It doesn't work if you give both "clients" the
same setup, even if they are not connecting at the same time.

And if you've manually added the same contacts to two different
machines, the first time you sync you will get duplicates everywhere,
which must be manually deleted and synced again.  (understandable)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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