On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:44:28PM -0400 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Dan Boger thought:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 08:44:58PM +0100, Conor Daly wrote:
> > > another way to go at it, and this also works only if there's only one
> > > machine
> > > that is getting the mail, is just put the mailfolder (or the maildir) in
> > > an
> > > nfs share...
> >
> > That'll only work while the laptop is connected. He wants to work on his
> > email while roaming with the laptop and have all the folders kept in sync.
>
> I was thinking have having the laptop nfs share the mailfolders to the desktop,
> since I assume that the laptop will always be with him...
>
> :)
OK, that's fine so long as the desktop machine *isn't* receiving mail
while the laptop is away. My home server collects email about 6 times per
day whether I'm there or not so that wouldn't work for me
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Conor Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Domestic Sysadmin :-)
