[LUNI] Email Iritations

[Mark Stuart Burge]

Seeing as you can vpn, what about dumping the thunderbird profile on the 
server in a share and then using the profile manager to access that 
profile from both clients ?

You could alternatively, get a little wd passport or similar usb storage 
device and keep the profile there, so you can take it home and use it on 
the laptop.



Demetri Mouratis wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've spent a good portion of my workweek configuring email of all 
> things so please forgive this rant and lend a hand if you can.
>
> Like many of you, my company is a Microsoft shop and I'm the "Linux 
> Admin."  We run a hosted Exchange server for corporate email.  For the 
> first year or so, I was getting by with OWA (Outlook Web Access) from 
> my Linux box combined with my BlackBerry, a second email client.
>
> This week, I finally got fed up with the inability to search email and 
> installed Thunderbird on my Linux box.  IMAP on the Exchange server, 
> check.  Right away, I loved it.  Thunderbird was so snappy and 
> elegant. I had some issues getting the company address book but 
> powered my way through the Active Directory integration.  Once I got 
> that sorted I was very happy to have thrown off the shackles of 
> Microsoft and felt great. Score: Demetri 1, Mircosoft 0.
>
> Or so I had thought.  I realized I have a third email client, a 
> company-issued Windows laptop at home, formerly running Outlook.  I 
> need this guy for a Windows-only VPN client for remote access.  I 
> thought, no problem, I'll just install Thunderbird under Windows, 
> everything will be cool, and I'll be done with Outlook forever.  Or so 
> I had thought.
>
> Problem: mailbox synchonization.
>
> My work email client has greatly improved, Thunderbird is slick and no 
> more Outlook Web Access (yeah!).  However, My home email client has 
> now gotten out of sync with work.  I was able to install Thunderbird 
> but my mailbox looks like it did two days ago and doesn't reflect the 
> recent messages at work.  My BlackBerry is still cool as far is it 
> goes but I have never used it for archiving all my old messages 
> instead using it for sending quick emails on the go or reading while 
> afk.  I can't search snet items at work.  My home email has sent items 
> only up until Decembe 2006 where the import from Outlook->Thunderbird 
> barfed.  I've now realized this isssue is inherent in IMAP and how it 
> treats mailboxes versus the (server-side?) handling of 
> Outlook/Exchange.  Score: Demetri 1, Microsoft 2.
>
> I feel as though I've started down the rabbit hole.
>
> Does the above make sense?  Does anyone out there have a similar setup 
> with a better solution?  Have I stated my requirements clearly?  
> Should I start installing a X-Windows environment on my laptop ;-)?
>
> Thanks for listening and any pointers.