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I have several computers in my home, and a I have currently Thunderbird installed on all the computers, so that the mails are stored on a NAS (network attached storage) device. That has worked mostly well, but especially from computers using a wireless connection, I have received many times an "delayed write error" when having Thunderbird open. This has resulted in several problems, as having my profile locked out, mails disappearing (all recoverable with some work) etc.
Is there some mail client around, which can cope well with having the mail stored on a network drive? Preferrably for Windows and something reasonably modern, being able to display images.
5I'm not going to leave an answer because this doesn't answer your question... have you considered using something like gmail? You can send and receive mail from your existing accounts with it. I haven't used a local email client application at home in years, and will never go back. It just seems to make more sense to have your email available everywhere you might need it. – boden – 2009-12-10T22:54:13.450
IMAP works much better than "mostly well" so I don't know why you would want to do this. I like http://fastmail.fm for IMAP as well as for their webmail interface. I also don't have an answer, but can you explain any benefit to your current system?
– ridogi – 2009-12-10T23:05:29.450More input rather than answer ... . I use Outlook, and sometimes outlook express. With Outlook I keep the current mail folder local and small, and archive mail after a couple of weeks. . I keep the archive on a small Netgear ReadyNas *, and have never had a problem with write errors - though I have had problems with other applications.