Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: newcomer:

[Peter Davoust]

That's great! I'll try it when I get a chance. Right now I'm using
Fedora so I can study for the RHCE exam, but I'm probably going to get
back to Gentoo soon. 

-Peter
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 16:48 -0400, Richard Freeman wrote:
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> Peter Davoust wrote:
> > That's a good point, but I'm not really sure how to setup or even use an
> > IMAP share.
>
> If you have your mail in a .maildir then it is as simple as emerging
> courier-imap.  If not, it is still just as easy - just set up your IMAP
> folder which will be empty, open it from your existing mail client, and
> copy your folders over wholesale.
>
>
> > Also, (I assume you're talking about setting up an e-mail
> > address like something@××××××××××××.com), don't you have to buy a domain
> > name for that?
> >
>
> Well, you can just use fetchmail to get your mail from some other
> source, but domain names only cost $8/year or so - not a big deal.
> There are a billion mail redirection services who will simply forward
> mail for that domain to an address that you specify, which you can then
> fetch into your IMAP store.  Or, if you have a static IP or set up
> dynamic DNS you can run your own mail server.
>
> Sure, not internet 101, but you can scale the approach to your desired
> level of sophistication and still have the benefits of an IMAP folder store.
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