Re: preferred method of using imap/mutt
Dnia piątek, 7 października 2005 17:11, Ric Otte napisał:
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 02:33:19PM +0100, Dick Davies wrote:
> > On 07/10/05, Ric Otte <ric@otte.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 07:46:43PM -0400, Ryan Claycamp wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 at 2211 -0700, John L Fjellstad wrote:
> > > > >Best solution for filtering is probably what Roberto suggested. If
> > > > >that's impossible, you should look into offlineimap. Basically, it
> > > > >syncs your local Mail with the IMAP. Since it's IMAP, any changes
> > > > > you do on the local end gets changed on the server. It's especially
> > > > > nice solution for laptops (where you don't always have your net
> > > > > connection, but you still want access to your email).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for the tip on offlineimap. I recently purchased a laptop and
> > > > was using IMAP on my old computer so I would have a constant place
> > > > for it. Offlineimap does a great job so far.
> > >
> > > I haven't gotten offlineimap working yet, but am not convinced that
> > > "any changes you do on the local end get changed on the server."
> > > I looked at the website for offlineimap and it looks to me as if it is
> > > saying that if you create a new mail folder locally, it will not
> > > create it on the server. Since I sometimes make new mailfolders on my
> > > machine, this might be a problem for me. Am I correct about this?
> >
> > Mutt can create folders on the IMAP server (like any other imap client),
> > so why would you ever want to make local ones anyway?
>
> If I was working offline, I might want to make some new folders, and
> then use offlineimap to duplicate this onto the server. That is what
> I don't think is possible (but I could be wrong).
I use cyrus imap server in office net and kmail on laptop with offlineimap.
I have no problems with the creation of folders on laptop and they are created
on server when I check mails on server.
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z.a.kaleta (sanskryt), registered Linux User #279350
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