[nycbug-talk] maildir client via smb for windows...

[Kevin Reiter]

George Georgalis wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 10:06:48AM -0400, Jesse Callaway wrote:
> 
>>On Thursday 07 July 2005 09:53 am, Kevin Reiter says:
>>
>>>Marc Spitzer wrote:
>>>
>>>>seconded I like it and have used it.  Just curious does thunderbird do
>>>>it?
>>>
>>>No idea.  I haven't really had time lately to look into it.  If I hear
>>>anything, I'll post it.
>>>
>>>-Kev
>>
>>Thunderbird needs either POP or IMAP. Kmail is another which supports reading 
>>off of the local filesystem. I'm using it now, but only because I'm too lazy 
>>to change it (and set up POP). It's an OK program and the only problems are 
>>GUI related, and thus will be ironed out I assume. But the problems are bad. 
>>The toolbar buttons have a mind of their own.
> 
> 
> 
> Well if I wasn't clear the primary requirement is that it runs on
> Windows.  Webmail is already available for this account, but presently
> I'm setting up pop3d so a windows client on the lan can pop the Unix
> maildir (which is already on their desktop via samba) from Netscape
> mail, which is, in turn, saved in mbox format on the Unix disk, via the
> same samba share. (SIGH)
> 
> It looks like Thunderbird could support maildir through extensions, but
> one doesn't seem to exist.

Sylpheed+claws, plus there's a plugin for what you need.  The download 
is on Sourceforge (includes the GTK+ Win32 installer), and the other 
downloads you can grab right from the main site.

-Kev