Mozilla Thunderbird - Client:Server capability?
Discussion
Chaps,
I run two PC's with Outlook. They both occasionally go on the internet seperately, and therefore have unsynchronised eMail accounts. This is a bit of a pain from time to time.
I would like to go to Outlook Server, whereby eMail is synchronised on a server, and can be updated whenever the client machine is plugged into the server. However, Outlook server is not cheap, and is meant to be a pig to set up.
Does Mozilla offer this functionality? And if so, how much of a hassle it is to set up?
Oli.
I run two PC's with Outlook. They both occasionally go on the internet seperately, and therefore have unsynchronised eMail accounts. This is a bit of a pain from time to time.
I would like to go to Outlook Server, whereby eMail is synchronised on a server, and can be updated whenever the client machine is plugged into the server. However, Outlook server is not cheap, and is meant to be a pig to set up.
Does Mozilla offer this functionality? And if so, how much of a hassle it is to set up?
Oli.
Chaps,
Thanks for the replies.
*.pst files are not covered by MS Synchronisation, and I don't think that they offer the functionality I need (namely, that eMails recieved on either machine should appear in both inboxes after the lappie has been plugged into the network.)
Aldi - what is an IMAP server?
Oli.
Thanks for the replies.
*.pst files are not covered by MS Synchronisation, and I don't think that they offer the functionality I need (namely, that eMails recieved on either machine should appear in both inboxes after the lappie has been plugged into the network.)
Aldi - what is an IMAP server?
Oli.
[quote=zcacogpAldi - what is an IMAP server?[/quote]
An imap server is a bit like having a PST file on the email server in that the server keeps all your emails and folders and remembers whats read/unread etc. So wherever you connect from you still see the same folder list and the same emails. Theres loads of info at www.imap.org
A cheapie cheapie solution might be carry on with the way it is now, but increase the length of time outlook will leave the messages on the server for. So if you set it to say 14 days then you've got 2 weeks after the first machine picks the email up for the second machine to pick it up too. The settings are in the tools/accounts/email acounts/account properties/advanced screen. The disadvantage of doing that is that your folder structure is not replicated, and the second machine doesnt know whats read or unread on the first machine and vice versa. Plus if you receive lots of big atachments then 14 days worth might take you over your mailbox limit and bounce mails back.
An imap server is a bit like having a PST file on the email server in that the server keeps all your emails and folders and remembers whats read/unread etc. So wherever you connect from you still see the same folder list and the same emails. Theres loads of info at www.imap.org
A cheapie cheapie solution might be carry on with the way it is now, but increase the length of time outlook will leave the messages on the server for. So if you set it to say 14 days then you've got 2 weeks after the first machine picks the email up for the second machine to pick it up too. The settings are in the tools/accounts/email acounts/account properties/advanced screen. The disadvantage of doing that is that your folder structure is not replicated, and the second machine doesnt know whats read or unread on the first machine and vice versa. Plus if you receive lots of big atachments then 14 days worth might take you over your mailbox limit and bounce mails back.
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