On 26/06/10 12:46, Craig White wrote:
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> probably a real bad idea for anything but a one time sync. I don't use
> pop3 but I gather that Thunderbird uses an mbox format which means that
> you will could easily replace a file and lose e-mails.
>
> The only real solution is to set up an IMAP server.
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> Craig
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Craig and Gene:
This probably is not the best or right solution for everyday use. I
don't question your advise. But really, once I get the F-13 computer
set up it becomes my primary e-mail box and there will be no further
need to transfer t-bird files between them.
And this has been interesting, I learn a little from every such
episode and keep extensive notes. I should be able to do the same
thing for the F-14 release without asking for help.
I tried IMAP a few months ago, it worked but was not the right
choice for me. Number one, I could never get dovecot working to
store mail locally. That meant whenever I wanted to read an e-mail
it had to come from Wildblue via Gmail and I worry about it eating
up my allotted bandwidth, especially when one of my correspondents
would do a reply and include a large image file, a photo usually,
and that might repeat several times!
I suppose I could try the IMAP/Dovecot combination again once I
recover from the aggravation of the last attempt.
In the mean time The F-13 box is almost ready to take over my
primary needs here and it looks like I have all the old mail
transferred with the help I've received.
Thanks.
Bob
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