central mail

[James Knott]

Forgot to mention.  All your folders can be stored on the imap server, 
so that your sent messages etc., are available on all systems.


James Knott wrote:
> Fetchmail can be used to collect the mail from a POP server.
> 
> 
> Wil McGilvery wrote:
> 
>> If you are using a mail service form an ISP, you may not be able to 
>> use IMAP. You would have to find out by asking.
>>
>> You can still use POP and admittedly, it is not as good a solution as 
>> IMAP, but it will work.
>>
>> You can configure your mail client to leave messages on the server for 
>> a number of days or forever depending on what you want to do. Just 
>> don't let your mailbox fill up.
>>
>> Then go and configure the other mail client to do the same.
>>
>> The draw back is that your address book, sent messages etc, are not 
>> shared, only your inbox.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Wil McGilvery
>> Manager
>> Lynch Digital Media Inc
>>
>>         
>> 416-744-7949
>> 416-716-3964 (cell)
>> 1-866-314-4678
>> 416-744-0406  FAX
>> www.LynchDigital.com
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ilya Palagin [mailto:IlyaPalagin-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org] Sent: Monday, 
>> December 08, 2003 8:32 PM
>> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
>> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: central mail
>>
>> Chris Aitken wrote:
>>
>> ...
>>
>>> know of a site called "Setting up Netscape Messenger to store the mail
>>> database centrally to be accessed from any linux PC on the network"
>>> (please Creator, let there be such a site!). : )
>>
>>
>>
>> The feature you need is called IMAP, and it has to be supported by 
>> your mail server. Your email client has to support IMAP as well, I'm 
>> not sure about Netscape, but Mozilla does it perfectly.
>>
>> Good news - IMAP service installation is simple and described on many 
>> sites.
>>
>>
>>
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