From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 11:48:16 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6FEC16A4CE for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:48:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (ei.xs4all.nl [213.84.67.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0409643D2D for ; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:48:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: from ei.bzerk.org (BOFH@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7OBlRa2017900; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:47:28 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Received: (from bulk@localhost) by ei.bzerk.org (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i7OBlRYl017899; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:47:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mail25@bzerk.org) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 13:47:27 +0200 From: Ruben de Groot To: Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, smurphy@calarts.edu Message-ID: <20040824114727.GA17799@ei.bzerk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ruben de Groot , Odhiambo Washington , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, smurphy@calarts.edu References: <6.1.1.1.1.20040823160549.019f9ec0@muse.calarts.edu> <20040824080334.GF41956@ns2.wananchi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040824080334.GF41956@ns2.wananchi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on ei.bzerk.org Subject: Re: Hard Mail Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:48:17 -0000 On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 11:03:34AM +0300, Odhiambo Washington typed: > * Sean Murphy [20040824 02:12]: wrote: > > Without using "leave mail on server" or "leave mail on server for x days" > > is it possible after I have downloaded my email to my computer using pop3 > > to put it back so I can access it from a different computer. Possibly ftp > > it back to the server and copy it to my mail directory to redownload it? or > > mabey install imap and place it in my inbox folder on my local drive... > > would that throw it back on the server? > > > > FreeBSD 4.10 and Sendmail > > Hi Sean, > > The easy answer is NO. > The complicated answer is "everything is possible under the sky". > Maybe yes, if you ask this question on ms-outlook-users@microsoft.com ;) > > You will ask them to direct you to a tool that takes a .dbx file, splits > it into individual e-mails, in a format that is not proprietary to > Microshit and then you can FTP those back to the server, placing them > either in ~smurphy/Maildir/new/ or in /var/mail/smurphy - I guess you > already see how much time you will waste using Microshit products! Actually, since Sean seems to be using Eudora (X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.1.1), whose files are in the standard Unix mailbox format, simply uploading the mailbox file and appending it to /var/mail/user on the server *should* do the trick. Ruben