Copying KMail files to laptop

[Dennis Kibbe]

Thanks Paul. I'll forward that suggestion to him. Dennis

On Saturday 03 August 2002 08:19 am, you wrote:
> You might try and suggest that your friend set up the second computer with
> Kmail and have it specify that messages should be left on the server.  That
> way the home computer would be the data bank and the notebook/laptop would
> allow staying up-to-date while away without any loss of messages.  It works
> for me and saves space on my notebook.
>
> Paul
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Date: Saturday, August 03, 2002 08:01:44 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Copying KMail files to laptop
>
> I'm helping a Linux-Newbie friend who wants to duplicate his KMail setup
> from
> his desktop to his laptop (both are running SuSE 8.0, so same version of
> KMail). Simply trying to copy the files to floppy or Compact Flash does not
> work (permissions?) but he can make a tarball of the Mail directory.
>
> I'm sure this is not enough as there are config files, etc. that also need
> to
> be handled correctly.- mostly in .kde/share/config & .kde/share/apps.
>
> My question is whether this is a good idea or is there a better way to
> access
> his POP account on two computers. IMAP would be nice but his Earthlink
> account is POP3 and he has a rather slow dialup connection.
>
> Searching the KMail list archives and Google hasn't make me any smarter.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Dennis Kibbe
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