[ILUG] Sync-ing kmail on desktop and laptop

[Timothy Murphy]

On Wed 18 Apr 2007, John Allen wrote:

> >> But as far as I could see, when I ran kmail (with an imap account)
> >> on my laptop the email was downloaded from my desktop to the laptop,
> >> which wasn't what I wanted.
> >> Maybe I set up the IMAP account on kmail on my laptop incorrectly?
>
> Maybe you set it up as a POP account by accident.

I don't think so.
With kmail, when you set up a new Account,
you are asked if you want to use POP or IMAP,
and I opted for IMAP.
Admittedly dovecot on my desktop
seems to say it will accept IMAP or POP connections.

Are you actually using kmail + dovecot without  NFS?
If so, where does kmail store your email?

I can get exactly what I want by connecting to my desktop
from my laptop with ssh, and then running kmail on the desktop.
My question is, can I get attain the same outcome with IMAP?

I did google for this, and while I didn't look at a huge number of sites,
none of the ones I looked at seemed to concern themselves
with the precise question I am asking.
If anyone has such an URL I would be grateful for it.

I realise I could attain the desired end by running a differnt mailer
in place of kmail.


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