[plug] Remote mail query/idea

[Daniel B]

Hi Brad and Plug, given that I'm still a few old fashioned miles behind the 
rest of you guys with Linux - what do you think of the following?
Use an MTA that supports Maildir format which is meant to be better for 
large files and recover better from broken transmission or shutdowns.  I 
read that Maildir achieves this by using a single file for each 
e-mail.  Rsync may be nearly perfect, but not quite and besides it could 
take some time to figure out what needs to be changed in a big 
file.  Perhaps file compare would be a lot quicker and not risk that chance 
of error.  I am not sure if there are any add-ons for fetchmail for 
maildir, but think Qmail does it natively.  If I  remember correctly the 
beautiful Evolution and quite proven Balsa support Maildir.
Just my thoughts - how did I do?
Regards,
Daniel.

At 16:01 4/07/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>I'm sure you have all heard enough from me today.. however I have
>One more I'd like to bounce..
>
>I currently use one machine for E-mail.. Polling 4 pop-boxes with
>Linux-Netscape/Win4lin and 3 copies of Eudora..
>I'm looking at consolidating this to fetchmail/procmail and mutt.
>
>Now, I also like to check/read/reply-to my E-mail at home...
>Easy you say, ssh into work and fire up mutt remotely..
>
>Nice, but means a long connect time if I'm STD somewhere..
>What I propose to do is keep duplicate mail spools on my work box and
>laptop, and sync them with rsync.
>Therefore, fetchmail/procmail can keep my work spool up to date, and
>I can dial in from home and quickly update my laptop.
>If I send mail from my laptop through my home isp, it gets stored in
>my sent mail folder, and next time I dial in and rsync, my sent mail
>folder gets updated..
>Storage space is no problem, thats why I have a 30GB drive in my laptop.
>
>What say you.. ? Will it work ?
>--
>Brad....


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