Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+li...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I use fetchmail and postfix. They run in the background dealing with >> incoming and outgoing mail resp. - as far as emacs is concerned, all >> mail is local. > > I have tried that too but unsuccessfully, my understanding of mail > servers and email protocols are rather limited. I use several emails > accounts on markedly different email systems (GMail, Zimbra, some kind > of M$ mail server). Trying to talk to all these simultaneously seemed > extremely difficult. > Well, fetchmail can read POP or IMAP from various servers. Don't know anything about Zimbra, don't *want* to know anything about M$.
> Also I often access email from multiple locations, home workstation, > university workstation and my laptop. Not sure how to deal with that. I > once tried OfflineImap but something came up before I could set it up > properly and I never had the time to get back to it. Maybe when I have > the time again. > That's tough: you'll need to leave the mail server-side so that you can access it from all the different machines, but that leaves you vulnerable to network outages. offlineIMAP might be a good solution for you. I get my email (three different servers) on a laptop that travels between home and work. The setup I have is enough for that. Nick
