Cross Platform Email Client?

Posted by Cliff on Wednesday October 13, 1999 @08:35PM from the we-DO-have-multi-OS-networks-remember? dept.

AndrewRF asks: "I was wondering whether there was a good cross-platform email client that shares a common format for local mail, preferences, address book, filters, etc. files. I split time between a Win32 environment and Linux and collect mail from 3 different POP servers. I frequently find myself needing to boot out of Linux to retrieve a message downloaded by my Windows mail client that is stored in some non-accessible format. I've tried leaving the messages on the mail servers, but it's not as seamless as I would like. What I would really like would be have both platforms share a single, common set of local files. I've looked around, but haven't found anything that does the trick. I suspect that I could do this with Pine, though I'm ideally looking for something more GUIish. " To my knowledge, there is no such animal, although I wonder if there is a way to do this using external tools and scripts on both ends. Your thoughts?

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IMAP by cr0nj0b · 1999-10-13 20:35 · Score: 2

I don't know if this will help you, but what about using IMAP on the server end to store your messages. If you really need the address book and everything you could try TWIG (web-based email). If you go over to freshmeat.net and do a search for twig, they will give you the web page.

I dont know if that helps you. It might be a little off-topic (since you asked for a client), but using IMAP is the solution I use. I also use procmail to sort my mail into folders on the server.
Communicator can (sorta) by te · 1999-10-13 22:24 · Score: 2

Communicator mail format is a standard unixspool file; you can transparently use the files from both Windows and Linux - caveat, I don't think the indexes are, though.

I used to keep my mail shared and do this before I finally kicked the Windows habit alltogether. :)

-te