Scot L. Harris wrote: >> >> My question is: I am running KMail on my laptop. >> >> Currently I look for mail in /var/spool/mail . >> >> Is there any way I could look for mail on my desktop, >> >> ie on a remote machine, >> >> without running an IMAP server or something like that >> >> on the desktop? > > You can try what I have setup. I have a desktop system that contains my > mailbox accounts. From my laptop I use ssh to connect to the desktop > and run evolution. The display is sent to the laptop. I expect kmail > can be used the same way. I certainly could "ssh -Y" into my desktop, run KMail on the desktop and read it on my laptop. I take it that is the suggestion? But I'd prefer to get the email transferred to my laptp if possible. I'm beginning to suspect that the simplest way to get what I want (which may seem a bit strange) is to run an IMAP or POP3 server on the desktop. I had sort of hoped I could just give a "local" address in KMail - something like 192.168.1.1://var/spool/mail - but it seems that is wishful thinking. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
