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I have successfully used OsaSync Pro for 4 years now (see http://www.vaita.com/osasync.asp). It seems to have more options on how the computers can be connected (via network, FTP or USB drive) than the other options mentioned (although I haven’t tried them out) but it does have the disadvantage of requiring a yearly subscription to maintain the upgrades. I don’t know what the upgrade policy is for the other programs.

It includes options for removing duplicates and has worked seemlessly for me with very big PST files (a gig or more with thousands of emails) and over a thousand contacts.

Ian

I also use Witopia and find it to be very reliable, fast and multiple access points all round the world (including alternate ports for many if required):

AMERICAS

UNITED STATES
Atlanta
Chicago
Dallas
Los Angeles
New York City Metro
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC Metro

ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires

BRAZIL
Sao Paulo

CANADA
Toronto
Vancouver

MEXICO
Mexico City

PANAMA
Panama City

ASIA and AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA
Sydney

CHINA
Hong Kong

INDIA
New Delhi

JAPAN
Tokyo (coming soon)

MALAYSIA
Kuala Lumpur

SINGAPORE
Singapore

SOUTH KOREA
Seoul (coming soon)

EUROPE/MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA

BELGIUM
Brussels

CZECH REPUBLIC
Prague

EGYPT
Cairo

FINLAND
Helsinki

FRANCE
Paris

GERMANY
Frankfurt

IRELAND
Dublin

ITALY
Milan

LATVIA
Riga

NETHERLANDS
Amsterdam

POLAND
Warsaw

PORTUGAL
Lisbon

RUSSIA
Moscow

SPAIN
Madrid

UNITED KINGDOM
London
Manchester

Ian

I agree Portableapps.com is nice and I haven’t tried Liberkey but I really like winPenPack (http://www.winpenpack.com/en/news.php) which has a really good menu system.

All the programs can be installed in a directory on your hard drive and the menu system works fine from there.

The only drawback (if that is what it is) is that the default language for many of the apps is Italian and although this can be changed in most, there are a few that are only in Italian.

From the website:

winPenPack is an open source software environment comprised of several portable applications grouped into suites (portable applications are applications that are modified to be executed directly from a USB flash drive, without prior installation). With winPenPack, any USB flash drive ceases to be a simple data storage device and becomes a self-contained environment, within which programs and files are homogeneously integrated.

Portable applications included in the winPenPack suites do not require any installation, do not leave their files or settings on the host computer, and can be easily transferred to another computer through any external device, such as a removable hard disk drive or a USB flash drive.

All you have to do is connect a USB flash drive to any free USB port on your host PC, and you will have your collection of pre-configured and ready-to-use programs instantly available, grouped in categories and executable through a user-friendly menu interface similar to the Start Menu, the winPenPack Launcher. It will be exactly as if you are working on your own PC, with web browsers, e-mail clients, image and drawing editors, chat clients, multimedia tools, PC maintenance and security tools, school and development tools, etc. Everything you need, completely free! All these features make winPenPack extremely useful in any situation.

Ian