[Wylug-discuss] EeePC and Samba - SOLVED

[Jim Jackson]

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:

> On Monday 14 January 2008 14:17:18 Jim Jackson wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > On Monday 14 January 2008 11:26:16 Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> > > > On 14 Jan 2008, at 11:06, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > There's thunderbird on the Eee and that talks happily enough to an IMAP
> > > > server (and also to a authenticated SMTP server for sending). Works
> > > > well enough on my Eee although I've not used it to any great degree
> > > > because thunderbird is not the best client for use on a very restricted
> > > > size desktop.
> > > >
> > > > Setting up the IMAP server is another, more complex, but not rocket
> > > > science issue.  Depends very much on what you are starting from.
> > >
> > > I have both KMail and Thunderbird working with my imap server - that part
> > > is no problem.  It's remote access that I'm looking for - when I'm away
> > > from home.  Host-to-host VNC, I think it is.
> >
> > As long as you configure your acess router to route incoming imap
> > connections from the internet to your imap server, all should work. VNC
> > is irrelevant. IMAP works from clien to server over the internet.
>
> So that means port forwarding 143 on the router?  OK.  But then what do I need
> to do on the laptop?  Just set up another imap server account in kmail,
> giving my external IP?

yep. simple as that.