On Wednesday 26 December 2007, Les Mikesell wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Monday 24 December 2007, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Gene Heskett wrote: >>>>> But, since gmail now permits imap access, why not go that route instead >>>>> of having to download/store the messages yourself? >>>> >>>> Cuz then I'd have to read lkml from firefox, whereas everything is now >>>> handled by kmail. Habits are hard to break. >>> >>> I'm missing something here. Why can't you send everything to gmail and >>> read from anywhere with any mailer that does imap? I'm still using >>> fetchmail and my own imap server but only because I set it up before >>> gmail supported imap. >> >> I have embarked on the journey to imap on 2 or 3 occasions here, but have >> totally failed to make kmail, running as a normal user, even find the imap >> repo. And its a possibility I didn't have that setup correctly either. >> There needs to be an 'Imap for big dummies' book written I guess. > >I'm not sure if you are interested in switching to thunderbird (I like >it because it is approximately the same across the linux/mac/windows >boxes I use and with IMAP can see all the same mailboxes). > >http://lifehacker.com/software/geek-to-live/turn-thunderbird-into-the-ultima >te-gmail-imap-client-314574.php > > >But, anything that follows the standard should work. > I had to use t-bird one time when I was in upstate MI for about 90 days and forgot to transplant all my scripts to the lappy before I left. I guess its alright, but kmail seems to do more of what I want to do. I fixed that the day after I got home for obvious reasons. In that dept, to each his own I guess. :) -- Cheers Les, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Chamberlain's Laws: (1) The big guys always win. (2) Everything tastes more or less like chicken.
