* Matt Price (matt.price@utoronto.ca) [030620 12:11]: > Hey folks, > > here's the situation: > > I get my mail through a university account, which I download and > filter every ten minutes on my work machine. > > I am about to go on an extended vacation, during which time I'll only > have access to a Windows pc and a modem connection. I would like to > be able to pick up my mai, which I can do already through my > university account; but I'd rather not have to refilter it and reread > it all when I get back home. so if possible, I'd like to export the > mailspool on my work computer as a pop or IMAP mailbox , which I can > then access from the net to download my mail. > > Can this be done? Yup. Just install an IMAP server. I prefer courier-imap, but it works using Maildirs in $HOME/Maildir by default, not /var/mail/$USER. There are many IMAP servers to choose from. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- One nation, indivisible, with equality, liberty, and justice for all.
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