KMail from many platforms

[David McGlone]

On Wednesday 05 December 2007 3:02:33 pm Nils Kassube wrote:
> Sylviane et Perry White wrote:
> > My apologies for asking a question that is not typically (K)Ubuntu.
>
> At least one half of it is Kubuntu related, isn't it?
>
> > I am using Suse 9.3  and KUbuntu feisty *on the same computer* and I
> > would like to use KMail from both, with the same context, i.e.
> > accessing the same Mail folder. (same whish for 2 user accounts under
> > feisty, only with more restrictions, but let's go one step at a time)
>
> I just tried it with Suse 9.2 and Gutsy, but it should work with Suse 9.3
> and Feisty as well. For both I changed the mailbox folder in the config
> file $HOME/.kde/share/config/kmailrc for this test. In the section marked
> [General] the entry is now "folders=/usr/local/nils/Mail" for one
> distribution and "folders=/mnt/usr/local/nils/Mail" for the other one.
> Actually it was mounted via nfs (because on the Suse machine I can't
> install Kubuntu), but it should work with any folder on any mounted
> partition.

It sounds like he's dual booting, since he says it's on the same machine, so 
why not just share /home with SuSEe and kubuntu.


-- 
David M.