Re: [Evolution] Synchronising laptop and desktop evolutions

[Adolfo Bello <adolfobello bisapi com>]

On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 08:53, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 12:22, Adolfo Bello wrote:
> > On Sun, 2003-11-09 at 07:53, Lars Weissflog wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 19:26, S. Anthony Sequeira wrote:
> > > > I have decided to drop multisync, and in casting about have run across
> > > > references to imap.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure whether imap is an option at all. As far as I do
> > > understand, the thing with imap is that all mail is permanently stored
> > > on the server and nothing really gets to the client. Thus, if you are in
> > > your LAN, you can access the mail on your stationary server. But as soon
> > > as you pull the plug from the laptop, you wouldn't have a single message
> > > to deal with. And if you fetch mail on the road onto your laptop, you
> > > won't get that to your stationary.
> > >
> > > I may be wrong, please correct me if so.
> > >
> > > Regs
> > > Lars
> >
> > I am not using them but I thought that offline folders keep a local copy
> > of your IMAP folders.
> >
> > Adolfo
>
> That was my impression too.  I may well be wrong.  But the idea is have
> the imap server containing the master copy of everything, and somehow
> sync the laptop with the desktop when it's back on the LAN.

You can always move the mail you received in the road to the IMAP
folders.

Adolfo