Tim: >> Until the next update, or some big problem rears its head... Bob Goodwin: > Update? I assumed it is something I will have to do with a new > Fedora release? Problems happen, all kinds. I just struggle with > them. If I can't fix them I do without a function perhaps ... Yes, I meant system update, rather than mail program update. >> How were you expecting to get remote mail into the local system? > Pop3 or IMAP, if it is stored locally I only have to transfer > all those image bits one time. Yes. Though I was thinking more about what you would use to do it. > if I read a message several time without the local server, each time I > access it it probably gets sent from the gmail server burning up my > b.w.? That would depend on caching. Some IMAP clients can keep a temporary cache, so that if you were to look at a message, look at another, then go back to the first, it'd just re-read the cached data. The ability for this to work may depend on the server, too. > I have one computer I uses as a file server, it would be neat if > I could store the IMAP mail there and read it from any computer > on our home LAN. That's what I do, and why I did it. >> Then, you could do something that I've not got around to doing, as well: >> Having a script sort your mail into folders, as it comes in, rather than >> have your mail client do it. > Apparently there is a reason to do this, better in some way than > the Thunderbird filters that I have been making good use of for > some time? For some clients, their filtering is slow, or limited in functionality. And, if you handle your mail on different computers, you'd be programming rules on each computer. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines