Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
On Wednesday 04 February 2004 01:15, Steve Kaufman wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 03 February 2004 11:53, Steve Kaufman wrote: Thx for the replies, from Dave, Guy and Anne on this. Will look at this slowly. Of course it never fails for the first time in my life I actually bought a mail program (Increimail) a couple of months ago and not it looks like I will have to scrap it. Since you've paid for it, why not try their tech support before you give in. If they're clued up they should be able to tell you what format the mail is saved in, and whether it's possible to save it to a folder that can be used by your linux mail package. Hmm - you're right. Although the program is visually the same, linux saves Mozilla mail as mbox files - I've no idea what formats /imm and .imh are. If you want to explore the idea further, though, sign up for Mozilla Chat - hitting the Chatzilla button takes you to a page saying that it is for developers only, but directs you to another page, whose name I can quite remember, but it ends in azine. If you ask a question there about the possibility of reading through both OSs you are likely to get an answer from one of the developers. I found them very helpful when I had a tech. query. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
Thx for the replies, from Dave, Guy and Anne on this. Will look at this slowly. Of course it never fails for the first time in my life I actually bought a mail program (Increimail) a couple of months ago and not it looks like I will have to scrap it. Steve Linux user number 344404 ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 02/02/04 23:24:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [mandrake] Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000 On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:51:37 -0500 Dave Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 02 February 2004 05:01 pm, Steve Kaufman wrote: Since I am still so new to this linux environment and have not even gotten past the very simplest of things I am still using my win2K system a lot. I would like to be able to read my email from either system especially this list, and be able to see my folders from either system. Does anyone have any suggestions of an email program that I could use to do this? Not sure if this is an option for you (your ISP has to provide it), but IMAP will allow you to keep all your mail (in folders) on the server, so that you can read it from anywhere. The more common protocol, POP, usually has you downloading all your mail to your local system (though most mail systems have an option to leave a copy on the server.) Many Linux mail clients support both POP and IMAP (Evolution, Mozilla Mail and Sylpheed, among many others.) snip Mozilla Thunderbird is the obvious candidate, but to get it set up to work in both environments will take some research and tinkering. Hopefully somebody on the list has done this before. I *believe* there is documentation on how to get Thunderbird to use the same folders from both environments on the Mozilla website. hth = David Steiner www.DavidLSteiner.com Proud Linux User #262493 = -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
Since I am still so new to this linux environment and have not even gotten past the very simplest of things I am still using my win2K system a lot. I would like to be able to read my email from either system especially this list, and be able to see my folders from either system. Does anyone have any suggestions of an email program that I could use to do this? TIA Steve Linux user number 344404 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
On Monday 02 February 2004 22:01, Steve Kaufman wrote: Since I am still so new to this linux environment and have not even gotten past the very simplest of things I am still using my win2K system a lot. I would like to be able to read my email from either system especially this list, and be able to see my folders from either system. Does anyone have any suggestions of an email program that I could use to do this? Try Mozilla. You'll have to decide, though, which environment is going to control the amount of mail kept on the server. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
On Monday 02 February 2004 05:01 pm, Steve Kaufman wrote: Since I am still so new to this linux environment and have not even gotten past the very simplest of things I am still using my win2K system a lot. I would like to be able to read my email from either system especially this list, and be able to see my folders from either system. Does anyone have any suggestions of an email program that I could use to do this? I think that you would need to store your mail on a fat32 partition and use an email client that stores messages in the same format (maildir or mbox). I don't think it matters that you use the same client as long as each adheres to the standard mail storage format (this obviously leaves Outlook Express out). Mozilla Thunderbird is the obvious candidate, but to get it set up to work in both environments will take some research and tinkering. Hopefully somebody on the list has done this before. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
On Monday 02 February 2004 05:07 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 02 February 2004 22:01, Steve Kaufman wrote: Since I am still so new to this linux environment and have not even gotten past the very simplest of things I am still using my win2K system a lot. I would like to be able to read my email from either system especially this list, and be able to see my folders from either system. Does anyone have any suggestions of an email program that I could use to do this? Try Mozilla. You'll have to decide, though, which environment is going to control the amount of mail kept on the server. I didn't think of that. Just set up the mailer in one system to leave mail on the server, and let the other delete it from the server when you delete it from your inbox. You'll get two copies of the mail on your disk, but you won't have to worry about the mailbox format stuff. You'll just have to be carefull you don't delete messages before you download them in the other environment. Also, I'd cc myself on everything since the sent folders won't be available in the other environment. Get all the mail you send in your inbox too. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 02 February 2004 05:01 pm, Steve Kaufman wrote: Since I am still so new to this linux environment and have not even gotten past the very simplest of things I am still using my win2K system a lot. I would like to be able to read my email from either system especially this list, and be able to see my folders from either system. Does anyone have any suggestions of an email program that I could use to do this? snip Mozilla Thunderbird is the obvious candidate, but to get it set up to work in both environments will take some research and tinkering. Hopefully somebody on the list has done this before. I *believe* there is documentation on how to get Thunderbird to use the same folders from both environments on the Mozilla website. hth = David Steiner www.DavidLSteiner.com Proud Linux User #262493 =
Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
On Monday 02 February 2004 2:01 pm, Steve Kaufman droned on: Since I am still so new to this linux environment and have not even gotten past the very simplest of things I am still using my win2K system a lot. I would like to be able to read my email from either system especially this list, and be able to see my folders from either system. Does anyone have any suggestions of an email program that I could use to do this? Kmail stores its email by default using the standard *nix mail folders. Older versions of Eudora also do so. By putting the mailboxes on a server with Samba and NFS running, it would be possible to read from the same place under Win2k and Linux. But maybe a local mail server would be a more stable method, as both would know how to deal with it, and not be surprised as stuff is added and deleted. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Linux Counter #183693 http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggestions for an email program that can be used from Linux and WIN 2000
On Mon, 02 Feb 2004 17:51:37 -0500 Dave Steiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 02 February 2004 05:01 pm, Steve Kaufman wrote: Since I am still so new to this linux environment and have not even gotten past the very simplest of things I am still using my win2K system a lot. I would like to be able to read my email from either system especially this list, and be able to see my folders from either system. Does anyone have any suggestions of an email program that I could use to do this? Not sure if this is an option for you (your ISP has to provide it), but IMAP will allow you to keep all your mail (in folders) on the server, so that you can read it from anywhere. The more common protocol, POP, usually has you downloading all your mail to your local system (though most mail systems have an option to leave a copy on the server.) Many Linux mail clients support both POP and IMAP (Evolution, Mozilla Mail and Sylpheed, among many others.) snip Mozilla Thunderbird is the obvious candidate, but to get it set up to work in both environments will take some research and tinkering. Hopefully somebody on the list has done this before. I *believe* there is documentation on how to get Thunderbird to use the same folders from both environments on the Mozilla website. hth = David Steiner www.DavidLSteiner.com Proud Linux User #262493 = -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
