Interviewed by CNN on 29/10/2009 20:24, Claus told the world: > Hi, I would like to know whether it is possible to install Seamonkey > 2.0 with its e-mail client on each PC of a LAN and to store the e-mail > account folders just on one "central" PC of the LAN in order to access > these folders from any PC on the LAN. After having downloaded my e- > mail to PC1, I would like to have access to these e-mails also on PC2, > etc. If I send an e-mail from PC2, I would like to see this sent > message also on PC3, etc. Is this possible? Thanks for your help! Claus
It is possible, but not encouraged -- the performance is bad, and there's too much that can go wrong with that setup. Such as the network going down in the middle of a write, or two people trying to open the same file at the same time. (I think there is a very, very old bug on Bugzilla requesting support for roaming profiles -- which is kinda what you described, only taking the whole profile, not just the mail store. We are still waiting...) A much better solution is to set up a mailserver in the "central" PC (which is going to be doing the role of a server, natch) and access the mailboxes via IMAP. Which, by the way, *allows* two clients accessing the same mailbox at once. Most Linux distros nowadays include at least one first-class mail server package, with all the bells and whistles you might want. And, of course, all free software. If your server has to run Windows, choices are more limited. There are good commercial softwares, of course. I had a similar problem some time ago and ended up finding two freeware mailservers that both fulfilled the main constraints I had: 1. Had to run on Windows XP (not Windows Server), 2. Offer IMAP 3. Can download the mail from a POP server (that is, you don't have to set up your MX records to point to the server). Those are Mercury Mail Transport (from the same author as the well-known Pegasus Mail client) and Macallan Mail Solution. I hear very good things about Mercury, but at the time I ran into some trouble with it I had not the time to debug and ended up using Macallan -- it has a couple limitations (such as no native support for running as a service), but worked OK for my paltry needs. Mercury: http://www.pmail.com/ Macallan: http://pagesperso-orange.fr/macallan/MMS/ -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Kira of Borg. Now there's a terrifying thought... * TagZilla 0.0661 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org on Seamonkey 2 _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
