Newbie

[Solomon]

Hi,
I have installed Fedora 4 on my desktop computer and the installation
went well.  I haven't set it up as a server, so now I can only
send/receive my pop email only on my desktop.  I want to be able to
send/receive on my laptop.  My question is how do I accomplish that?
Solomon

[Guido Leisker]

Solomon wrote:
> Hi,
> I have installed Fedora 4 on my desktop computer and the installation
> went well.  I haven't set it up as a server, so now I can only
> send/receive my pop email only on my desktop.  I want to be able to
> send/receive on my laptop.  My question is how do I accomplish that?
> Solomon

Thats not so easy,
look if IMAP is what you need.

[Lon Hohberger]

On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 17:04 +0100, Guido Leisker wrote:
> Solomon wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have installed Fedora 4 on my desktop computer and the installation
> > went well.  I haven't set it up as a server, so now I can only
> > send/receive my pop email only on my desktop.  I want to be able to
> > send/receive on my laptop.  My question is how do I accomplish that?
> > Solomon
>
> Thats not so easy,
> look if IMAP is what you need.

Indeed.  Though, some ISPs do not support IMAP.

I'd ask your ISP if they support IMAP access.

-- Lon

[Michael A. Peters]

On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 11:07 -0500, Lon Hohberger wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 17:04 +0100, Guido Leisker wrote:
> > Solomon wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I have installed Fedora 4 on my desktop computer and the installation
> > > went well.  I haven't set it up as a server, so now I can only
> > > send/receive my pop email only on my desktop.  I want to be able to
> > > send/receive on my laptop.  My question is how do I accomplish that?
> > > Solomon
> >
> > Thats not so easy,
> > look if IMAP is what you need.
>
> Indeed.  Though, some ISPs do not support IMAP.
>
> I'd ask your ISP if they support IMAP access.

I set up a used junk PC I bought real cheap as my own imap server.
It uses fetchmail to pop my pop accounts - and procmail to filter into
folders. In addition to my mail clients, I also use squirrelmail to read
(though not send).

That way I don't need to use imap facilities of my ISP, my accounts are
all pop.

I do use my ISP's smtp server though.

[Guido Leisker]

Michael A. Peters wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 11:07 -0500, Lon Hohberger wrote:
> > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 17:04 +0100, Guido Leisker wrote:
> > > Solomon wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I have installed Fedora 4 on my desktop computer and the installation
> > > > went well.  I haven't set it up as a server, so now I can only
> > > > send/receive my pop email only on my desktop.  I want to be able to
> > > > send/receive on my laptop.  My question is how do I accomplish that?
> > > > Solomon
> > >
> > > Thats not so easy,
> > > look if IMAP is what you need.
> >
> > Indeed.  Though, some ISPs do not support IMAP.
> >
> > I'd ask your ISP if they support IMAP access.
>
> I set up a used junk PC I bought real cheap as my own imap server.
> It uses fetchmail to pop my pop accounts - and procmail to filter into
> folders. In addition to my mail clients, I also use squirrelmail to read
> (though not send).
>
> That way I don't need to use imap facilities of my ISP, my accounts are
> all pop.
>
> I do use my ISP's smtp server though.

I have tried squirrelmail too. But i found no way to tell the programm 
to auth at the smtp-server of my provider!

You use you own Server? Thats a bit tricky i think, you need own dns 
entries and so on. Thats all a bit to much for newbies (like newbie and me)

[Michael A. Peters]

On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 17:50 +0100, Guido Leisker wrote:
> I have tried squirrelmail too. But i found no way to tell the programm 
> to auth at the smtp-server of my provider!

Yeah - I don't use squirrelmail to send mail.
It probably could be patched fairly easily to use my service providers
smtp - but I generally just use my providers webmail to send when I'm
not using a proper client.
> You use you own Server? Thats a bit tricky i think, you need own dns 
> entries and so on. Thats all a bit to much for newbies (like newbie and me)

Don't need your own dns server - mine sits on a local lan, not a real
IP.

Now - I do happen to run a caching nameserver (on the same box) that
resolves hostnames on my local lan, but you can also just put entries
into the /etc/hosts files instead. That's what I use to do.

[Phil]

we need more information to help you...
whhat is your setup, what os in on yoru laptop... and more

On 11/30/05, Solomon  wrote:
> Hi,
> I have installed Fedora 4 on my desktop computer and the installation
> went well.  I haven't set it up as a server, so now I can only
> send/receive my pop email only on my desktop.  I want to be able to
> send/receive on my laptop.  My question is how do I accomplish that?
> Solomon
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[Robin Laing]

Solomon wrote:
> Hi,
> I have installed Fedora 4 on my desktop computer and the installation
> went well.  I haven't set it up as a server, so now I can only
> send/receive my pop email only on my desktop.  I want to be able to
> send/receive on my laptop.  My question is how do I accomplish that?
> Solomon

If you are talking about both on your laptop and desktop for the same 
account without imap, this may work for you.

Using Mozilla as a mail client on both computers, what I have done is 
use Unison (in extras) as a synchronizer between the two computers. 
When I log into the laptop, I run unison and then make sure that the 
mozilla directory is synced between the two computers.  Before logging 
out, I do the same.

I have used unison for other things as well.

Robin