Re: [Evolution] Evolution and roaming

[Jim Sabatke <jsabatke gmail com>]

On 01/28/2011 07:25 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 03:31 -0600, Jim Sabatke wrote:
> > Currently I have a home network setup with a SuSE 11.2 Linux box and a
> > Windows 7 laptop, both wireless.   Right now, with Thunderbird, I can
> > use the Linux box to download all messages and use Thunderbird on the
> > Windows box to access all needed functionality on the Linux box (via
> > Samba) to send and receive emails.  I would like to be able to take my
> > notebook out of my network and connect to any wifi access point, perform
> > normal sending and receiving of emails, and then synchronize the data
> > with the Linux box when I get home.
> >
> > I've looked at all the Evolution documentation I could find online, and
> > haven't found anything related to this.
> >
> > Is it possible to do with Evolution?
> It depends what you mean by "synchronize", and also on how your mail is
> set up. Also, it's not clear if your idea is to use both TBird and Evo
> on the same mail accounts.
>
> The easiest solution is just to use IMAP, in which case it's all pretty
> much automatic (insert caution about multiple concurrent IMAP clients
> here). I have several IMAP accounts and can access any of then from any
> IMAP client (Evo, TBird, Claws, ...) from multiple locations as long as
> I take care only to use one at a time.
>
> If you use POP, all mainstream clients can read and write mbox files, so
> you can copy them (or import them) as you wish, if that's what you mean
> by synchronize. OTOH if synchronize means "merge", it will take more
> effort.
>
> Note that none of these methods copy indices, as each client has its own
> idea of how to do this. This means that indices will have to be
> reconstructed, but that's usually automatic. Contacts of course are a
> whole other story.
>
> poc
Let me try to clarify.

    - If I run evolution, it would be a total switch from Thunderbird.
    - I would have the mail files located on the Linux box.
    - I would like to have the Windows laptop run Evolution, but access 
the mail files on the Linux box.  I am doing that currently
       with Thunderbird.
    -  When I take the Windows laptop away from my home network, where 
it can't access the Evolution mail files,
       I would like it to store the new messages on the laptop until I 
return home.  Then I would like to merge the newer
       Windows mail messages with the Linux mail.

Can this be done?

TIA

Jim