>>OE under 2k/XP will save the data to the "Documents and Settings" area, which is 
>>copied to and from samba when a user logs in (at least it is with roaming 
>>profiles and Samba acting as an NT4 PDC).
>>
>>A problem with this setup is:
>>User A logs into System A and fetches mail to OE.  Without logging off, user A 
>>also logs into System B and again checks for mail.  Now what he will end up 
>>having in his roaming profile is determined by the last system the user logs off 
>>of, so if he logs off System B and then off System A he will lose all the mail 
>>that System B retrieved.  Reverse is true for logging off A first then B.
>>
>>What would probably be better is to setup IMAP on a system and just have OE or 
>>other mail client (eudora, thunderbird, mozilla, etc...) configured to view mail 
>>off the IMAP system.  That way mail is truly held by that system and not on the 
>>individual PCs.  You could setup fetchmail or some other user controllable app 
>>to retrieve the mail and stick it in the IMAP storage for that user (since it 
>>should just be a specific folder under /home/<username/, usually as Mail/ or .Mail/
> 
> ----
> I only want to take issue with a couple of things. I use and prefer IMAP
> and would concur with most of this but...
> 
> I have seen OE set up user files in Documents and Settings\Temporary
> Files\Identities\Microsoft\Outlook Express which doesn't get backed up
> as part of roaming profile. I suspect this varies with version of OE and
> OS.

This is controlled by the NT profile.  You can set it to copy Temporary Files or 
not.  Unfortunately, this is one of those apps that gets caught by this issue.

> Users have to learn to log off if their profiles roam. There is no other
> option.
> 
> Fetchmail is good for limited use, not for many users/multiple users.

Depends on the overall system.  What if users aren't all fetching mail from the 
same remote server?  E.g. a system in a house where each person might have a 
different email account (or even multiple accounts).
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