From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: more dialup stuff (Re: synching two copies of my mail archives?)
Date: 10 Jan 2001 18:13:59 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vafofxfpbxk.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ruoitnns68s.fsf@g.wolfram.com>
On 10 Jan 2001, Bill White wrote:
> At work, I get email from /var/spool/mail/billw. At home (dialed
> in) I don't have direct access to that file, without telnetting and
> whatnot.
One idea is to set up a POP server at work which accesses that file,
then you can access the POP server from home.
> When I'm dialed up from home should I find some way to access work's
> /var/spool/mail/billw directly, or should I coordinate with a
> running emacs+gnus on my work machine? After a quick skim, it looks
> like Kai's stuff at
> <url:http://www.gnus.org/list-archives/ding/199812/msg00614.html>
> does that; is that still the state of the art?
Well, you could do this, or you could use IMAP. Set up an IMAP server
at work, then start Gnus at home and use the Agent feature. But
migrating your email to an IMAP server is a major undertaking. Don't
do it out of a whim, think about it first.
kai
--
Be indiscrete. Do it continuously.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-10 17:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-09 15:53 synching two copies of my mail archives? Bill White
2001-01-09 16:01 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2001-01-09 16:03 ` Alexandre Oliva
2001-01-09 16:05 ` Charles Sebold
2001-01-10 16:48 ` more dialup stuff (Re: synching two copies of my mail archives?) Bill White
2001-01-10 17:13 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2001-01-10 22:49 ` Hannu Koivisto
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