Off line Files and Sychronising

Hi all

I have a query regarding the above as my company just
implemented a sychronising policy to allow the users files
to be used off line, and then re-directed the my docs
folder to the users folder on the server!!

Doesn't this mean that the re-directed folder is simply a
mapped drive and thus makes the sychronising redundant
unless the server goes down?!

Also, is there a way to be able to sychronise and use
those off line files instead of linking to the server each
time - can the my docs folder be re-directed to the off
line folder instead and if so how?!

Hope this makes sense, any help woudl be grateful!!

Cheers

Rhys