On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 06:41:47PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Dan Boger thought:
> On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 02:35:24PM +0000, Conor Daly wrote:
> > cat ~/mbox | /usr/bin/formail -D 8192 msgid.cache > laptop:~/mbox
> > cat laptop:~/mbox | /usr/bin/formail -D 8192 msgid.cache > ~/mbox
> >
> > and similarly for other folders (I don't know what the "8192" bit
> means above,
> > I just copied it blindly from Telsa's .procmailrc).
>
> the 8192 is the size of the cache for the IDs - if you're processing a
> large
> mailbox though, (say, more than 10-20 messages) you'd defenitly want
> this
> larger... at least 64k, if not more...
>
> 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...
>
> Dan
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.
--
Conor Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Domestic Sysadmin :-)
