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Re: [Nmh-workers] Mobile mail access (was: Re: Need some general advice)
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Paul Fox |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Mobile mail access (was: Re: Need some general advice) |
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Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:45:43 -0400 |
ken wrote:
> >I used to use a a setup similar to kre’s (but using fetchmail), but
> >several years ago I switched careers and found myself with a strong need
> >to be able to read (reply, etc) mail on a mobile device. These days,
> >that means a phone, tablet, and chromebook in addition to my laptop
> >(which is my primary mail-handing device for decades now). I couldn’t
> >find a solution that worked well with (n)mh at the time, and so I moved
> >into ‘mass market’ world of email. I wonder if anyone here has
> >found a good way to mix regularly, primary nmh usage with frequent
> >phone/tablet email access?
>
> There is a tool which can sync IMAP mailboxes and MH folders, called
> "Mailsync". It's orphaned (last release in 2004) and has been described
> as "horrible". It uses c-client, but is itself written in C++. I have
> never used it, but in theory it might do what you want.
>
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/mailsync/
>
> (This is one of those cases that just screams out for native IMAP support
> in nmh. Sigh. One day).
there's also mhaildirsync:
https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/nmh-workers/2008-07/msg00005.html
but that's just for syncing a local MH tree to a local Maildir, which
is then served by an imap server.
paul
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