On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 11:28:16AM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Mike Burger wrote: > > > Timothy Murphy wrote: > >> I've been wondering how to sync kmail on my desktop and laptop(s), > >> and decided in the end to use nfs, > >> exporting my ~/Mail/ directory on the desktop > >> to the laptops. > >> > >> This works fine, except that kmail is unable to get new mail > >> from /var/spool/mail/ as it did on the desktop. > >> [All my email, from various sources, arrives there.] > >> > >> I guess I could export this as well - > >> but is there any other (simple) solution? > > > Yup. Use IMAP instead of NFS. > > Doesn't IMAP download the email to the local machine? > Not unless you specifically copy mail to local folders, no. By default all you IMAP mail (in folders if you have created them) is kept on the server. > I am trying dovecot on the server > and kmail on the laptop with an IMAP account. > Maybe I have set it up wrongly, > but as I said the email is downloaded to the laptop, > so if I use another laptop I cannot see this email. > I suspect that kmail isn't a very clever IMAP client then. -- Chris Green
