On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 17:33 +1300, Felix wrote:
Ups, some misunderstandings here, sorry. Let's clarify.
I was thinking of changing the mail client to Thunderbird in Linux and use it instead of KMail.
OK.
There is a software that allows to access a Reiser partition from Windows (haven't tried it yet). However, I thought I would store the mail file on the Windows partition.
Depending on what filesystem the windows partition is this scheme may work. Linux can read/write FAT filesystems OK, but while there is some basic support for NTFS file systems in linux it doesn't seem to be very reliable especially for write support. If you are careful and your partition types are correct then you can probably get Thunderbird in linux to access the Thunderbird mail store on our windows partition. I would still recommend IMAP however :)
I don't know anything about IMAP servers, so need to read up on them. Currently the mail comes in from Xtra on a local mail server (Windows based) and it is getting distributed to the different family members.
OK. IMAP is an excellent protocol that stores all your mail on the server from where it is downloaded by your client when it needs it. This makes it really easy to access your mail from multiple locations - be that windows/linux on the same computer, or even from somewhere around the world!. It does take some setting up, in that you would need a linux server to run it off, but the benefits are well worth the effort in my opinion. There are also several members of WLUG who can provide mail hosting services (which I personally use) if you want the benefits of IMAP but can't/don't want to run an IMAP server yourself. Regards -- Matt Brown Email: matt(a)mattb.net.nz GSM: +64 21 611 544