One of the features that I found useful was the checkbox to clear the inbox on the handheld before transferring the messages. This enables me to have a perfect mirror copy of my Notes inbox on my handheld after syncing.

Custom Options
One of my favorite features is the ability to synchronize the contents of a particular mail folder. You can see how to set this up in Figure C.

FIGURE C


The Custom Options dialog box lets you specify a mail folder to synchronize with your Palm organizer. Roll over picture for a larger image.

I like this a lot because I can synchronize emails concerning my top project of the week or month. This way I always have these important messages at my fingertips and don't have to make them stay in the inbox so I can access them. I'd like to see the ability to replicate with more folders in the future, but, like I mention above, I could always write an agent to do this. Most end-users, however, aren't programmers and can't.

Notes Calendar
The Notes Calendar conduit is pretty straightforward, as you can see in Figure D. It offers the option to Synchronize the files, have the desktop overwrite the handheld or to do nothing. You can also set a "Slow Sync" option for this and the other conduits that I'll describe later. The only thing that disappointed me about the conduit was that it doesn't allow the ability to have the handheld overwrite the desktop, something that the product literature says it does. This is also true for the address, To Do and journal conduits as well.

FIGURE D


The Notes Calendar conduit settings are similar to those for the address, to do and journal conduits. Roll over picture for a larger image.

Notes Address
The Notes Address conduit options are pretty much the same as the Notes Calendar conduit options. The exception is the ability to map custom fields between your Palm device and your Notes Personal Address Book. You can see this in Figure E.

FIGURE E


The Notes Address conduit allows you to map custom fields as well. Roll over picture for a larger image.

Notes To Do
This is a straightforward conduit that allows you to synchronize your To Do list. There is one thing to be aware of, however, and that is in the different ways that Notes and your Palm device prioritize tasks. Notes allows you to set a priority to 1, 2 or 3 and your Palm device allows you to set the priority to 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Here is a quote from the help section for To Do synchronization:

Your handheld To Do tasks with priorities of 1, 2, or 3 have the same priority in Notes after you synchronize, while tasks with priorities of 4 or 5 on your handheld will be unprioritized in Notes. Items with no Notes priority become Priority 4 in your handheld. Notes tasks retain their priorities when synchronized.

Notes Journal
There is just one caveat with synchronizing with your Notes personal journal: the file must be named JOURNAL.NSF or synchronization will not take place.

Strengths
In my opinion, EasySync has the following strengths:

• Synchronization with Lotus Notes R5: Although I didn't test this feature, EasySync 3.0a will now synchronize with your information stored in Lotus Notes R5 databases. Note that versions 2.1 and earlier will not synchronize with Notes R5 and you'll need to upgrade to 3.0a to do this.