Re: Email

[Tim Currie <tim algernonsystems com>]

Mugleston, Brad wrote:

> Will Squirrelmail allow me to pick up my mail remotely but not remove it
> from the server so I can still access it from my desk top machine?
>
> Everything is working fine so far, I just need to figure out how to get
> email from a Linux box by a Linux box without killing the Windows to Linux
> link the kids use.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Rodriguez [mailto:jeremyrodriguez cmsmechanical com]
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:42 AM
> To: redhat-install-list redhat com
> Subject: RE: Email
>
>
> why don't you use squirrelmail?
> It leaves it on the desktop, as long as you don't delete it. Then you can
> use pine on your desktop.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-install-list-admin redhat com
> [mailto:redhat-install-list-admin redhat com]On Behalf Of Mugleston,
> Brad
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 11:24 AM
> To: RedHat
> Subject: Email
>
>
> I  was finally able to get TWO Linux boxes set up in my house, one being a
> notebook.  I want the notebook to be able to pickup and read my mail sitting
> on my Linux desktop box when plugged into my home network but leave it there
> for when I'm at my desk.
>
> Using SAMBA and something else I forget right now my kids can get their mail
> from the Linux box on my desk which goes out and using fetchmail gets it
> from the web.
>
> How do I set up the same thing Linux to Linux?  What HOWTO should I read?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brad
>
>
>  
I think a better answer to these questions is that you need to run an 
IMAP server on the machine running fetchmail. That way, your incoming 
mail ends up in your IMAP inbox, and there it will stay until deleted, 
regardless of what client you use. I personally run Netscape Mail on my 
desktop to read my IMAP inbox on my mailserver. When I'm at work (or 
elsewhere) I use a web browser to access the Squirrelmail webmail 
client. Since the mail and it's state are kept on the server, whatever 
changes I make from one location show up when I get to the other. Which 
is to say that if I read or delete an email through the Squirrelmail 
client when I'm at work, when I get home the mail shows up (or doesn't, 
if I deleted it) as read or deleted in Netscape Mail.

-Tim