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Old 11-02-2012, 12:10 AM   #1
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Sync Thunderbird between machines


Hey folks, I have a question.

I am using Thunderbird Mail on two different computers, checking the same mail accounts. I'd like to sync them so I'm not going through the same messages on both machines.

I thought to move my T-bird user profile to my dropbox folder and let dropbox do the syncing for me, but that approach is problematic according to both the dropbox forums and google in general.

Has anyone else had success syncing THunderbird across multilple pcs?

I'm running slackware 14.0 on one machine, and Windows 8 on the other, if that makes any difference...

Thanks!
 
Old 11-02-2012, 12:32 AM   #2
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THunderbird across multilple pcs?
Yes, but through a IMAP server in the middle. IMAP solves this problem by keeping mail on the server, so all clients stay in synch.
 
Old 11-02-2012, 04:48 AM   #3
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Exactly. I solved this problem with running an IMAP server on my file-server, that periodically collects my mail from my different accounts.
 
Old 11-02-2012, 06:59 AM   #4
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I see...the problem is that I'm using thunderbird to manage the mail on my godaddy pop3 webmail account. Would I need a separate IMAP mail server to manage this? Its just me and my one account...

Also the Win8 machine travels with me to work, while the Slackware box is connected to my home network. I connect the w8 unit to the internet via my android phone. Running a mail server from home isn't really an option.

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Check if your e-mail plan already supports IMAP, otherwise I would recommend to upgrade it: http://support.godaddy.com/help/arti...ress-with-imap
 
Old 11-02-2012, 07:06 PM   #6
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Thanks for the link, TobiSGD. I'll see what GoDaddy can do for me!
 
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also note that gmail has an IMAP interface, so you could forward your godaddy mail to gmail(?)
 
  


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