On 07/10/05, Ric Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? -- Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
