On 3/29/2010 9:16 AM, James Knott wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
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Hi,
I want to be able to read some of my email, downloaded to my desktop machine, on my laptop, while off-line.
Set up an IMAP mail server and then use fetchmail to get the mail via POP from your provider. Or use something like GMail, which provides IMAP support.
I have an IMAP server set up on my main computer, where I normally read my mail, but I can also access it with my notebook computer, including off site via VPN.
I faced this rather aggravating problem myself also... My solution - Went out and bought a USB Passport drive. Stuck Portable Apps (www.portableapps.com) on it, which comes with Thunderbird, Firefox and a few other goodies.. Run the whole shamear under Wine on Linux systems. Simply pop the drive in the USB port and voila! Consistent email on any computer, be it Windoz, Linux, or Mac... Online or offline works... Wine does have a few quirks but it works reasonably well... Marc... -- Marc Chamberlin www.marcchamberlin.com A man said unto the universe - "Sir I Exist!" "However" replied the universe "I do not see where that creates in me a sense of an obligation" S Crane.