MySync is an app that offers .Mac-style syncing of your Mail, iCal and Address Book data over a local network or remotely without the need for a .Mac account.

Since I last posted about it, MySync has become a universal binary, got smarter about Bonjour addresses and handling remote nodes and has improved its treatment of connection and sync errors.

The latest version (0.78b) released today offers better socket management and further improvements in error handling.

It is still freeware, although the developer warns it will not always be, and is available from the developer’s web site mysync, .mac, dotmac, syncing, remote, local, ical, address book, mail.app, apple mail, plugins

MySync, an app that offers .Mac syncing without a .Mac account, just got a lot more useful.

The developer has released an update with offers remote syncing beyond the local network.

The new version also offers SSL encryption, password authentication, “keep-alive” connections (for tunnelling through firewalls) and an emergency data restore facility.

MySync is currently in public beta, offering time-limited licences for the beta trial.

You can download the beta from the developer’s web site.