Sorry if this is too `home brew' but that is all I have to offer...
I'm confused why
fetchmail --keep --protocol IMAP ...
run on your various machines won't do what you desire? Have I missed
something, that is a fast sync, no?
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I don't travel as much as you (maybe 1 week every 2 months), but
because of telecommuting I typically need to read my email from 3
different locations.
My solution is the "arcane" one: I keep ALL of my email at my ISP I
never download it. I store it in folders there (and occasonally back
them up). Depending on where I am I will either use a text based email
client (e.g. elm or mailx) or will run an X-windows client there to
display back at my monitor, where ever that happens to be. The only
real hack I do with this setup is to view attachments (more info if
you are interested).
I'm not saying this solution is for you, but you may want to rethink
this solution a bit to see if it can be adjusted for your purposes:
your mobile situation seems amenable to *not* downloading the email,
(except perhaps when flying! where maybe the above fetchmail method is
appropriate).
Karl Runge
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Bruce McCulley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I need help solving a problem, pointers to existing solutions will be
> most appreciated. Suggestions about developing a "roll your own"
> solution should consider that there is an existing commercial product
> that addresses this particular problem, and my desire is the solution
> not the exercise of developing it. Hold off on telling me to use the
> existing product until you read the problem statement below, please!.
>
> I want to keep my mail storage in sync between my laptop and several
> desktops at diverse locations. In other words, right now I'm at 35,000
> feet over New Mexico (plus or minus some imprecision) and my laptop
> doesn't have all the email messages that are on my system at home, but
> I'd like to reference them. I'm using Netscape as my email client, and
> I've got all but one system set to leave messages on the ISP server when
> I get them, so that one system presently sees all my traffic. I'd like
> to be able to sync all the systems, somehow. I don't mind paying for a
> commercial product although of course a free open source solution would
> be preferred.
>
> BTW, netscape isn't much help, literally. Their help model assumes net
> connectivity, which isn't valid when the seatback phone dataport costs
> $2.99/minute plus $2.99 to connect! That makes me suspect that their
> architecture isn't really geared to the disconnected user, so they may
> not be the best solution for my requirements.
>
> The one solution of which I'm presently aware is Micro$oft Outlook. If
> we can't offer anything equivalent I'd say our dissing the Gator's gang
> is not based on much of a foundation! So I'm really hoping someone will
> come up with a good suggestion for a comparable Linux solution!!!!
>
> THANKS!
>
> --Bruce McCulley
>
>
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