Hello Achdut18, Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 11:20:39 PM, you wrote: > That brings us to the question of synchronization. Although The Bat offers a > synchronization feature; after reading about this in the Help Topics, I assume > that the feature only works if I have The Bat set up in IMAP, rather than > POP3. Is this correct?
No, synchronization works with POP, it is not necessary with IMAP. > If that is so, then, if I want to be able to download messages on the laptop > as well as the desktop in a POP3 environment, I would have to be willing to > live with not being able to see on one computer, what messages were read or > not read on the other. Is that correct? Not sure what you mean here as your original hypothesis was wrong. > Alternatively, could I set up The Bat on the laptop, but have it point to the > mail directory on the desktop where the messages are kept, and merely copy > that directory to my laptop when I travel with it, which is only a few times > a year? Yes this should work. > If the answer to this is "yes," how do I make an installation of The Bat on > the laptop point to the mail directory on the desktop? Two different things. Either you use the mail directory on the desktop as your main directory in which case when you travel your laptop would not be able to find it, or you let the laptop create its own directory for mail and then when you want to go travelling you copy the mail directory from the desktop. Neither of these would work well as when you travel messages that you download on the road would not end up back on your desktop. > Would this, then, obviate the need to blind BCC myself on every message sent > from the laptop? See above. > And, if I do that, will downloads initiated from the laptop place mail in the > mail directory on the desktop so long as I have the laptop's installation of > The Bat point to the Mail folder located on the desktop? See above. Just as an aside, IMAP is not particularly slow, and really is best for what you are trying to do. Having said that I don't think IMAP in TB! is quite ready enough for the business environment. Again to test this for yourself, sign up for a free account with fastmail.fm and subscribe to The Bat lists with that account. You can then see how it works. Having said that I would still think that BCCing yourself and leaving messages on the server until downloaded by the laptop would be your best bet. -- Stuart mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v4.0.18.7 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
