On Mon, 2010-06-14 at 17:01 -0400, Carl Denk wrote:
> The question is where does IMAP Server fit the picture? I assume it runs 
> on local machine? Is that in addition to Thunderbird? I usually shut the 
> computers down at night, is that an issue? If this is something I should 
> use, what is the recommended package?

While it is more complex and seems a little "much" for a simple problem,
I highly recommend taking the plunge, since once you'd got things set up
everything email related becomes so much easier.

For me it the "syncing", the fact that when I send an email on the road,
at work, or at home, I know that message will be place in the same
"Sent" folder. I know when I copy a message to a Saved folder, it'll be
in that same spot when I get home.

As for me, I have a Ubuntu machine running at home as my server (it does
a bunch of other stuff). At home I access it directly. Away from home I
run an SSH tunnel to ensure everything is secure (for more then just
IMAP access). I use dovecot for the IMAP sever and getmail for the
process that fetches my email from various accounts.

I just wish there were a way to integrate contact and calender handling
using the same system, but I digress.

TTYL

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