I've seen this suggestion before as there are several search results that recommend the same thing. Seems inelegant though, due to relying on human memory .
On Tue, December 30, 2008 6:42 pm, Frank Pagliughi wrote: > Another rather simplistic thing you can do is just set all the clients > to *not* remove the messages from the server. All the different clients > will get all the messages each time you fire them up, since they're all > still on the server. Depending on your ISP, and assuming you don't get a > lot of huge attachments, you can probably keep a couple months worth of > messages on the server. > > Periodically you would have to manually remove the oldest messages from > the server to keep it from filling up. > > If you did this you might also want to tell all the clients to BCC your > account so that you would have a record of "sent" messages on all > clients, so matter which client sent the message. > > Frank > > > Gary Brown wrote: >> Hi everyone. I hope your holidays are going well. >> >> I'm looking for assistance with a rather (apparently) unique problem. >> >> The problem: >> >> We want to share one email message/contact repository with multiple >> users >> on the same computer and across different computers using the same, or >> possibly a different, client (Windows Mail, , Thunderbird, Outlook?, >> etc...). >> >> What we've done in the past: >> >> On Windows XP with Office XP Pro, we used Outlook to share a personal >> folder file (.pst) across multiple user accounts on the same machine. >> This >> worked well except that only one person could access the file at a time. >> It wasn't really intended to be used this way. >> >> For the past six months on Ubuntu Hardy/Gutsy with Thunderbird, we used >> a >> similar scheme, but it had some problems (copies of messages moved to >> other folders coming back to the inbox, occasionally needing to update >> file ownership, and some other minor annoyances). Again, it wasn't >> really >> intended to be used this way. >> >> Discussion: >> >> The main purpose for this is so that my wife and I can share one email >> (pop) account and message repository (Inbox, Sent, etc...) from >> different >> user accounts on the same computer. Any additional functionality would >> be >> great. >> >> Also, we are now the owners of a brand new Vista based PC (I know, I >> know, but it really is the best solution for our family). Since we use >> OO.o, and I'm really not inclined to give MS any more money than I >> already >> have over the years for another version of Office just to get Outlook, >> so >> I'm looking at a server as a possible solution to this problem. I do not >> want to run a Windows server of any kind, for various obvious reasons >> including maintenance. >> >> I've spent many hours over the past several months searching for a >> better way. I've previously installed some FOSS groupware servers >> but >> was either unable to get them working the way I'd like or even working >> at >> all in most cases (steep learning curve/lack of time). >> >> Do any of you know of a solution that may fit my set of needs/wants? >> I'll >> be grateful for any help you can provide. I know that many of you on >> this >> list are Linux consultants and I'd be willing to pay for installation >> assistance for the right solution. >> >> Available server resources: >> >> Fedora 9 box running Amahi Server: (AMD Athlon XP 1400+ @ 850 MHz, 512 >> MB >> Ram, 1.8 TB storage). A faster processor Athlon XP 1.4 GHz and more >> memory >> are available but the mobo needs to be changed and I just haven't >> schedule >> time for it yet. >> >> This box is currently being used to serve: >> >> DHCP >> DNS (via OpenDNS) >> File Server (Pictures, Videos, Music, Backups, etc...) >> iCal sharing/viewing >> iTunes daap server >> Print Server (one printer) >> VPN (via OpenVPN) >> >> All of this functionality is provided by either Amahi or Fedora out of >> the box with some configuration on my part. Please do not misconstrue >> the >> state of my server to mean that I am any kind of expert on anything. >> Like >> most people, I learn as I go. >> >> Thank you for your patience. I know this was long. >> >> Gary Brown (Nemolomen) >> >> >
