[Kde-pim] Re: Keep computers in sync

[robert at narnia.homeunix.com]

I keep my systems in sync using a Kolab server.  That's probably  
overkill if all you need to sync is mail.  I feel like there was a  
discussion about an Akonadi-to-Akonadi resource that would allow you  
to sync one Akonadi installation directly with another (over IMAP?)  
but I wasn't paying much attention to it at the time and don't  
remember the details I'm afraid. Maybe someone else knows what I'm  
thinking about?

I agree that it would be nice to have an easy way to synchronize two  
separate Akonadi installations.  Perhaps someone could write an  
Akonadi-enabled IMAP server that would use Akonadi as a backend and  
provide mail-fetching, etc., as a front-end...

Robert

Quoting Philippe Clérié <philippe at gcal.net>:

> On Sunday, 5 December 2010 02:46:01 Andras Mantia wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  Last night we chatted a little about this on IRC, but I'd like to take
>> it to broader attention the issue I faced: I have two computers, a
>> desktop and a laptop. I use both IMAP and POP3 mails with delete on the
>> server, as
>> 1) I don't really know how much space I have on the server
>> 2) I used those servers for years (8+ years) and I have thousands and
>> gigabytes of email already locally.
>>
>
> I sympathize for I have a similar setup, the same problem and the  
> same current
> solution. For years I have kept laptop and computer in sync with either rsync
> or unison. I've had some minor problems with KMail but on the whole it just
> worked. Eventually I'll have a smart phone, and I'll want to use its email
> capabilities, at which point I'm going to have yet another problem.
>
> The only current way of solving these problems is to use IMAP. I have
> seriously been thinking of installing local IMAP servers on both laptop and
> desktop and do my email from a browser. They could be synced with rsync,
> unison or perhaps even offlineimap. I'm also looking at a  
> maildirsync. But if I
> do that, I might as well ditch KDEPIM altogether. I don't depend as much on
> the other programs of the suite, and besides, they can be used separately.
>
> There are other upsides. But I don't like giving up KMail.
>
> --
>
> Philippe
>
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