Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:24:35 -1000 From: Robert Marella <hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com> To: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NFS export of evolution Message-ID: <1105511075.746.1.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20050111103848.GA23691@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <1105332185.1028.4.camel@p4> <20050111103848.GA23691@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
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On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 10:38 +0000, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 06:43:05PM -1000, Robert Marella wrote: > > > > I have a SOHO set up with several computers running a mix of FreeBSD 5.3 > > Release and Stable. I have an NFS server set up so that data can be > > shared at all of the computers. > > > > I would like to have the ability to retrieve mail from any of the > > computers I happen to be logged into. I have tried various permutations > > of exporting /home, /home/reg-user, and /home/reg-user/.evolution and I > > always get the same error when trying to read mail. > > If your main concern is being able to read/send email from any host on > the network, why not run an IMAP server? > > I use use courier-imap from the ports on a machine that, among many > other things, also exports nfs file systems. It's easy to get working, > and works really well for a small setup. If you don't run your own smtp > server, you can retrieve mail from your ISP's pop or imap servers using > fetchmail, passing messages to procmail, which can deliver them in a > format that courier-imapd can understand. > > Just a thought. > > HTH > > Dan > Thanks Dan This will be the next project I will be doing. Robert -- Robert Marella <hoe-waa@hawaii.rr.com>
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