hmmm, sorry for another post... worse... that relates Mom's computer skills against 1500 users... :p OY!
On 12/9/05, David McDowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think my situation is worse... Outlook Express 5 on Apple OS 9 using > POP3S for my Mom's old computer, now she has a new iMac G5 and is > using Mail to connect to my IMAPS on (dovecot on CentOS 4.2). From > the old OE, I have to create each folder through the IMAPS connection > to match her POP3 folder, then move the messages for that folder, then > repeat. It does NOT allow me to drag multiple folders from her local > messages into the IMAP location so i can do this all in one swoop. > And let me tell you... Mom has about 100 mail folders!!!!! ARG!! So > far I've done 15 of them manually. *sigh* I can't even move the > messages from OE to Thunderbird b/c Thunderbird isn't supported on OS > 9. > > Originally, I had Mom on POP3S so I wouldn't have to be responsible > for backing up her email. Well, boy, what a mistake. I would have > rather been doing that all this time than having to move her from > POP3S on OS 9, OE 5 to IMAPS so her new client Mail on OS X will have > all her old emails. > > *cries* If anyone can think of a better way, I'm all ears! > > David McD > > > > On 12/9/05, Paul G. Szabady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > At work we have a desire to move all users from .pst files on the desktop > > to a central IMAP server. I have set up a test (WU) IMAP server on > > RHEL3-U6 for this project. I'm able to create folders (a.k.a. files), > > move email from exchange and .pst files to my imap folder(s), but the > > standard email clients we use (Outlook on PCs and soon to be Entourage on > > OS X) do not have the ability to create folders as directories, which of > > course will allow for additional nested folders. > > > > On the other hand, I can log into the imap server and create as many > > directories and sub directories as I want (probably a limit somewhere, but > > I haven't reached it). I can then use Outlook to subscribe to these > > folders and I'm off and running. Unfortunately, very few of our 1500+ > > users will want to do this, even if they knew how to do it. > > > > Ideally, we'd like the user to be able to drag an individual email or an > > entire folder hierarchy from either the exchange server or the local .pst > > file(s) to the IMAP server. > > > > Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? Maybe a different IMAP server > > would act differently? > > > > -- > > Paul > > @ Thy Service > > > > > > -- > > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
