>>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/
>
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> 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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