On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:03:34AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington typed: > * Sean Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20040824 02:12]: wrote: > > Without using "leave mail on server" or "leave mail on server for x days" > > is it possible after I have downloaded my email to my computer using pop3 > > to put it back so I can access it from a different computer. Possibly ftp > > it back to the server and copy it to my mail directory to redownload it? or > > mabey install imap and place it in my inbox folder on my local drive... > > would that throw it back on the server? > > > > FreeBSD 4.10 and Sendmail > > Hi Sean, > > The easy answer is NO. > The complicated answer is "everything is possible under the sky". > Maybe yes, if you ask this question on [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;) > > You will ask them to direct you to a tool that takes a .dbx file, splits > it into individual e-mails, in a format that is not proprietary to > Microshit and then you can FTP those back to the server, placing them > either in ~smurphy/Maildir/new/ or in /var/mail/smurphy - I guess you > already see how much time you will waste using Microshit products!
Actually, since Sean seems to be using Eudora (X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.1.1), whose files are in the standard Unix mailbox format, simply uploading the mailbox file and appending it to /var/mail/user on the server *should* do the trick. Ruben _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
