Re: [Evolution] Evolution and roaming

[Jim Sabatke <jsabatke gmail com>]

On 01/28/2011 08:23 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 19:04 -0600, Jim Sabatke wrote:
> [...]
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> - 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.
> Is this via e.g. Samba or are you manually copying files around?
Yes, I'm using Samba, and it was quite an adventure following 
conflicting HOWTOs in getting it setup.
> >       -  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?
> The short answer is that I have no experience whatever with Evo under
> Windows, so I don't know what you would have to do to synchronize local
> copies of mail directly. However, see below.
I have very little experience with Windows myself, so all of this is a 
bit new to me.
> As I said earlier, using IMAP for your mail makes it easier. I can think
> of at least two ways:
>
> 1) Use a public or ISP-hosted IMAP server, and just connect to it from
> both machines. (You can configure either or both instances of Evo to
> keep local copies of mail if you like, but in this scenario it's not
> really necessary unless you also want disconnected access to your mail.)
> The server acts as a master copy so there's no need to explicitly synch
> between your two machines. Even if your current mail accounts are
> POP-based, you can use a free Gmail account to import mail from them
> periodically, then access Gmail via IMAP. I do something like this for
> one of my accounts.
I'm going to set it up this way.  Thanks.  I haven't worked with IMAP in 
years and it didn't occur to me.
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Jim