[SWLUG] Cross-platform mail clients

Robert McQueen robot101 at debian.org
Wed Feb 5 03:19:54 UTC 2003


On Tue, Feb 04, 2003 at 11:09:45PM -0000, nat wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm looking for a resonable mail client that will run on both Linux and
> Windows. I have setup my laptop upto dual-boot between Redhat 8.0 and XP
> Pro.
> 
> I would like to have a shared mail directory that I can store on FAT
> partition and access under both OS's.
> 
> I have considered IMAP, but would like to store my mail locally.
> 
> Anyone know of such a package or recommend one?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nat.

The only thing I can think of is Mozilla's Mail component. It's pretty
good. With some cajoling you should be able to make it look in the same
place for the mail, if not share the same profile dir and prefs.

Regards,
Rob




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