no, outlook has no problems with pop3, i agree. but in typical corporate fashion, i have one camp insisting that i not outlookexpress, and another group of know-it-alls demanding that i use imap ... so i'm trying to find some solution that more or less pleases everyone ...
--- Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why not just swap to pop3?? > > I know for a fact that outlook has no probs with > it.. I am writing this mail > on lookout via my linux mail server... > > easier to setup and less crap on the server as a > result. > > rgds > > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Kenn Murrah > Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2002 5:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] remote access to mail for m$ > users??? > > > Okay, gang ... > > > I've won most of the battles here ... Thanks in no > small part to the help I've received from this list, > I > have a Postfix/IMAP mail server up and running and > all > is well with the world ... > > > The rub comes in trying to set up my Windows > computers > to access their mail ... Outlook and Outlook Express > are out (per an edict from The Head Boss), and no > one > really likes using Eudora ... and I'm having trouble > finding much of anything else. > > > So I was thinking ... > > > Would it be possible (or even practical) for Windows > users to access my server via cygwin/XFree86, so > that > they could use a linux mail client instead? (I'm > rather partial toward Evolution, due to its simple > interface that would hopefully keep the troops from > screaming every 3 minutes for help.) > > > And for security's sake, would it be possible to > mirror my EngardeLinux email onto my Mandrake box, > so > that I wouldn't have to run X on my EngardeLinux but > rather on a box with no exposure to the Internet? > > > I've already set up cygwin/XFree86 on my test box > and > tested its connectivity to the box I hope to use as > a > mirror, so if you folks tell me i'm not entirely > off > my rocker --- I need you to point me in the right > direction to learn about how to "mirror" (if that's > the correct word here) my EngardeLinux mail to the > intermediate box ... > > > Of course, I'm a "true" newbie here, so feel free to > tell me i'm nuts and suggest a better way to > accomplish my goals. > > > thanks, > > > kenn > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com
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