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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

I posted a reply to TriLUG for ya, since I got that one first

Ian


On Sep 17, 2003, at 2:32 PM, David R.Matusiak wrote:

> First of all, sorry for any cross-posting, but this issue is driving 
> me batty and I'd like to ping as many Mac Users as possible to see if 
> anyone has come across such a thing or found a solution.
>
> Okay, so whats the problem?
>
> Situation:  I have a PowerBook at work and a PowerMac at home (both 
> running OS X 10.2.6) and I would like to have my mail folders sync up 
> between the two machines.  Sounds pretty simple, right?
>
> Well, for accounts that I access via IMAP, all the folders associated 
> with that account are naturally synched up because of the mail 
> protocol itself.  (i.e. the folders and the messages within them are 
> the same because my mail client [Mail.app on both machines] "sees" the 
> folders on the server that holds the mail messages).
>
> However, for POP mail accounts, Sent message folders, as well as all 
> "local" mail folders ("On My Mac") my messages are rarely in sync and 
> require a ridiculous amount of time and effort to manually sync them.  
> I have even considered the tip from _Mac OS X Hacks_ that tells you to 
> create a CVS repository on the PowerMac and then use CVS to 
> synchronize files between the two machines, but I have a sneaking 
> suspicion that this works for "conventional files" (i.e. NOT Macs 
> special mail folders) like HTML pages, JPG images, and PERL code 
> samples.  [Sorry I don't have the book with me right now, so I cannot 
> be more specific.]
>
> Needless to say, I would love to have my Sent messages folders and my 
> On My Mac mail folders look the same across the two machines.  This 
> way, I won't always have to be deleting certain messages twice or 
> wishing I was at work at 11:00 p.m. just so I can have access to a 
> message I sent that day.
>
> Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
> dave m.
>
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