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Re: exporting /var/spool/mail/user as mailbox



* 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
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