On 1/16/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 02:16, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > > > > Here's what I do, I copy the appropriate Thunderbird mail file > > > > the my $HOME directory and them use mutt -f mailbox_name. This > > > > is a pain but if you don't do this the original mail box gets > > > > messed up. I hope someone has a better solution. > > > > > > > > > > My solution is a bit of an overkill, but works fine. I have configured > > > an imap server (using dovecot). Then I made symlinks on ~/mail to point > > > to the files used by thunderbird in windows. Then all I have to do is > > > use an imap compatible client to read those e-mails... And with this > > > approach, you can install squirrelmail (a webmail program that I believe > > > comes with FC4). > > > The only downside of this approach is that when I go back to windows, > > > Thunderbird has to recreate the indexes for all those folders, but at > > > least that is a fast operation. > > > > > > > > This actually looks like the best idea. Lots of my emails are in > > Hebrew and I don't suppose that would work so well in a terminal! But > > I can access an IMAP server with php and create a simple web-based > > interface. > > > > Also, I could run thunderbird on the wife's XP box and access my mail > > from there when I am sitting there. Nice. > > If email is the only thing you want to share, an IMAP server is > the way to go. If the existing server where you get email > handles IMAP, just point accounts on both machines there. If > not, set up fetchmail to grab it via pop and deliver on a > machine that you control that runs an IMAP server. Then > you can configure accounts on any number of machines to see > the same mailbox using your choice of programs. These > programs will also move messages that have been received via > pop back into an IMAP inbox or folder, so you can use one > as an exchange point for several machines. > > On the other hand, if you really want to run arbitrary X > programs remotely, you can do that by installing the free > Cygwin package on the windows box if you have good bandwidth > or for better performance on slow links try freenx and the > nxclient from www.nomachine.com. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx > Dotan Cohen I can't install anything on the machines. The best I can do is a Java spplet running in a web browser, that will most likely be IE (Portable Firefox does not support Java, and very few machines have Firefox). If I can forward X to a Java applet in a browser, that would be great. I will only be on any given machine for a few hours at most, and the next day I will be on anothe rcompletly different machine. I read through the weirdX site, but I'm still not clear- can I run it in a browser? No mention of a browser in the faqs. Dotan Cohen http://technology-sleuth.com/long_answer/what_is_hdtv.html 2352
