dot mac and erage database

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Hi,

A buddy of mine said he read an article that you could put an erage database
on Dot mac and basically share it over the net like an Exchange.

Is this possible?

I¹m looking to share the database across five computers in different
locations.

Thank you,

John
Los Angeles

Powerbook & iMac G5
Mac OS X 10.4.8
Office Mac 11.2.5

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Barry
Wed Jan 10 01:27:24 CST 2007

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On 10/1/07 05:51, in article C1C9BED1.51AE7%john@airsystemsplus.biz, "John
Chavez" <john@airsystemsplus.biz> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A buddy of mine said he read an article that you could put an erage database
> on Dot mac and basically share it over the net like an Exchange.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> I¹m looking to share the database across five computers in different
> locations.
>
> Thank you,
>
> John
> Los Angeles
>
> Powerbook & iMac G5
> Mac OS X 10.4.8
> Office Mac 11.2.5

No, it's not possible.

While it may be theoretically possible to put it up there and use it on one
machine, it would be so slow and unstable as to be unusable, You could
certainly NOT let two machines access the same data as the database is not
designed for multiple users and has no record or transaction locking built
in. One machine could be altering data that is being moved by another
machine disaster in very short order!
--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
The Entourage User's WebLog has moved!
For hints, tips and troubleshooting go to <http://www.barryw.net/weblog/>

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<BLOCKQUOTE>Hi, 
 
A buddy of mine said he read an article that you could put an erage databas=
e 
on Dot mac and basically share it over the net like an Exchange. 
 
Is this possible? 
 
I’m looking to share the database across five computers in different =
locations. 
 
Thank you, 
 
John 
Los Angeles 
 
Powerbook & iMac G5 
Mac OS X 10.4.8 
Office Mac 11.2.5 
</BLOCKQUOTE> 
No, it's not possible. 
 
While it may be theoretically possible to put it up there and use it on one=
machine, it would be so slow and unstable as to be unusable, You could cert=
ainly NOT let two machines access the same data as the database is not desig=
ned for multiple users and has no record or transaction locking built in. On=
e machine could be altering data that is being moved by another machine &#82=
11; disaster in very short order! 
-- 
Barry Wainwright 
Microsoft MVP (see <a href=3D"http://mvp.support.microsoft.com">http://mvp.su=
pport.microsoft.com</a> for details) 
The Entourage User's WebLog has moved! 
For hints, tips and troubleshooting go to <http://www.barryw.net/weblog/=
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William
Sat Jan 13 19:39:43 CST 2007

In article <C1C9BED1.51AE7%john@airsystemsplus.biz>,
John Chavez <john@airsystemsplus.biz> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> A buddy of mine said he read an article that you could put an erage database
> on Dot mac and basically share it over the net like an Exchange.
>
> Is this possible?
>
> I¹m looking to share the database across five computers in different
> locations.

Hi John!

What he probably read about was .Mac's IMAP capabilities. You can
connect your multiple machines using Entourage to the same IMAP account
and because changes are replicated from Entourage to .Mac, they will
also be replicated to the other Entourage clients. Therefore, create a
mail folder on one machine and it will soon appear on the rest of the
machines automatically.

Hope this helps! bill
--
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)

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