Dual boot XP/ubuntu and symbolic links from XP to Kubuntu

[Dave Woyciesjes]

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> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Dear All
> 
> I am trying to bridge the gap between Windows and Ubuntu so as to keep
> the wife happy... {clip}...  I realised that the e-mail boxes
> represented a particular problem.  I did not want to copy the e-mail
> boxes for my three accounts into Linux because I thought I could do the 
> following: make symbolic links from the  e-mail boxes in xp to the place 
> in Kubuntu where they should be.  So (after making a new account in 
> Thunderbird/Kubuntu) I did and hey presto all the folders appeared in 
> Thunderbird...

Walton Hoops wrote:
 > So, first off let me apologize for not answering your question
 > directly, as
 > I simply don't know the answer :-). As soon as you mentioned your
 > approach,
 > I suspected that Linux and Windows versions of thunderbird may not
 > have
 > interchangeable mailboxes, but I can't tell you how they differ or if
 > there's anything you can do about it.

	Actually, the TBird mailboxes _are_ interchangeable between Linux & 
Windows. I do it. :) I have my mailfolders residing on a USB key drive. 
Regularly use it between Ubuntu at work, at home, and with Vista & XP.

 > I can however tell you my approach to the same problem.  IMAP. Using
 > IMAP
 > instead of POP, lets your messages and their status be stored on the
 > server
 > as well as your PC....

	Close, but not exactly. With the IMAP connection method, the "offical" 
copy of your messages are on the server, and your email client makes a 
local copy to work with. At the specified update intervals your email 
client send info to the server of what's changed.
	Most email clients have a "Work Offline" mode, but I personally don't 
trust it. Then again, everytime I check my email I have internet 
connectivity, so I've never really tried offline mode anyway.

 > I hope this helps. I know it's not what your shooting for, but it's my
 > approach to the same problem.
 >
 > Walton


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