Curious kmail question

Chris G cl at isbd.net
Wed Apr 18 10:37:45 UTC 2007


On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 11:28:16AM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Mike Burger wrote:
> 
> > Timothy Murphy wrote:
> >> I've been wondering how to sync kmail on my desktop and laptop(s),
> >> and decided in the end to use nfs,
> >> exporting my ~/Mail/ directory on the desktop
> >> to the laptops.
> >>
> >> This works fine, except that kmail is unable to get new mail
> >> from /var/spool/mail/ as it did on the desktop.
> >> [All my email, from various sources, arrives there.]
> >>
> >> I guess I could export this as well -
> >> but is there any other (simple) solution?
> 
> > Yup.  Use IMAP instead of NFS.
> 
> Doesn't IMAP download the email to the local machine?
> 
Not unless you specifically copy mail to local folders, no.  By
default all you IMAP mail (in folders if you have created them) is
kept on the server.

> I am trying dovecot on the server
> and kmail on the laptop with an IMAP account.
> Maybe I have set it up wrongly,
> but as I said the email is downloaded to the laptop,
> so if I use another laptop I cannot see this email.
> 
I suspect that kmail isn't a very clever IMAP client then.

-- 
Chris Green




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