Re: thunderbird - sharing mail

On 06/04/2005 00:27, Roderik Emmerink wrote:
> 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.

Some accounts have 1GB storage? Sounds like they may offer an IMAP 
access solution. It would make sense (given that server-side storage of 
mail is the point of IMAP).

Good luck whatever you do.
-- 
JD.
Mozilla User :o)
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