Re: thunderbird - sharing mail

James Devney wrote:
> On 04/04/2005 18:21, Roderik Emmerink wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got a laptop with windows and linux and shared the mail by 
>> storing it on a fat32 partition.
>> Now I mainly use my new desktop pc and want to read my mail on it as 
>> well (at least under windows). So I shouldn't boot up my laptop to see 
>> what was in a mail message. The contents of the mailboxes at the pc 
>> should be identical to the ones at my laptop. (so I won't have some 
>> messages here and some there).
>> What might be the best way to obtains such functionality?
>>
>> Grtz,
>>
>> Roderik
> 
> 
> Hi Roderick,
> 
> OK, so you have a POP3 mail account that you use to download mail to 
> either your laptop or the new desktop PC?
> 
> There are 3 possible solutions:
> 
> 1. As another poster has mentioned, use an IMAP account. That way mail 
> is saved on a server not the local PC, so you can easily synchronise 
> accounts between machines.
> 
> 2. If '1' isn't possible: In your POP3 account settings go to 'Server 
> Settings' and tick 'Leave messages on server'. In this way, the second 
> machine that you use to download mail will be able to receive your 
> e-mail. The problem here is that your message status is not in sync with 
> that of the other PC (ie read/replied/forwarded etc). Additionally, your 
> sent mail items will only reside on the machine you used at the time to 
> send the message (unless you use the 'BCC' option in 'Copies and 
> Folders' in your Account Settings)
> 
> 3. Use a USB storage device to store all your mail and set the path to 
> the mail store in the 'Local directory' box in 'Server Settings' for 
> each machine/installation.
> 
> Hope this helps.

Since I use POP not IMAP and I leave mail for approx 3 weeks on the 
server (some accounts have 1GB storage others don't), the best way might 
be storing mail on just one place (desktop pc then). The 3rd option is 
one to take into consideration, but it will take a lot of time to have 
the usb harddisk connected and mounted every time.