You can use Email and Calendar
to work with
your Exchange
information. When you work with Exchange
from Email and Calendar
,
your data is stored on the Exchange
server, not
on your local system.
You can work with the following types of Exchange
folder from Email and Calendar
:
Calendar
Contacts
Tasks
You can only enable one Exchange
account
at a time in Email and Calendar
. For information
about how to configure an Exchange
account in Email and Calendar
, see Chapter 2, Getting Started.
When you work with Exchange
from Email and Calendar
, some functions work differently, particularly
with regard to Exchange
folders and local folders.
The following table summarizes the functional differences:
Function |
Exchange Folders |
Local Folders |
---|---|---|
Save an appointment or a contact from an email message |
Item is saved in the appropriate |
Item is not saved in local folder. |
Synchronize a personal digital assistant
(PDA) with |
Items are synchronized with |
Items are not synchronized with local folders. |
Reminders for appointments and meetings |
Reminders do not function until you start |
You do not need to start |
When you log in to your Exchange
account,
then click on the GAL, no contacts are displayed in the GAL. This reduces
the workload of the global catalog server. To view contacts in the GAL, perform
a search. For more information about how to search for contacts, see Searching Your Contacts.