Sync email/news across different network computers and operating systems
RFOG
Opera syncs hitory, bookmarks and so.
I know we can transport email/news store across computers and different
OS. A time ago I had same store for linux and Windows in same computer
working perfectly. I mounted my work disk via ntfs3g into linux and
pointed opera store to the new location. Then does matter what OS I'm
using, I had Opera synced. Now I have an iMAC and I've transported the
store to the MAC and it works perfect. However in this case they are
different computers and currently I have two stores, one in my PC and the
other in my MAC.
However it could be a breaking new option to give Opera the ability to
sync between those stores, via manually or automatically. I know it is a
very difficult thing, but however it can be easily done sharing only the
"last message".
For example, in news this news group Opera has downloaded in Computer A
until message 1000. Computer B has downloaded until message 935. Then
Computer B has to download messages from 936 to 1000 and mark as unread
only those are unread in Computer A. Same with email and rss.
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Rijk van Geijtenbeek
> It is a step over "Opera Syncronization" with Opera servers. From now
> Opera syncs hitory, bookmarks and so.
>
> I know we can transport email/news store across computers and different
> OS. A time ago I had same store for linux and Windows in same computer
> working perfectly. I mounted my work disk via ntfs3g into linux and
> pointed opera store to the new location. Then does matter what OS I'm
> using, I had Opera synced. Now I have an iMAC and I've transported the
> store to the MAC and it works perfect. However in this case they are
> different computers and currently I have two stores, one in my PC and
> the other in my MAC.
>
> However it could be a breaking new option to give Opera the ability to
> sync between those stores, via manually or automatically. I know it is a
> very difficult thing, but however it can be easily done sharing only the
> "last message".
>
> For example, in news this news group Opera has downloaded in Computer A
> until message 1000. Computer B has downloaded until message 935. Then
> Computer B has to download messages from 936 to 1000 and mark as unread
> only those are unread in Computer A. Same with email and rss.
For newsgroups it should be relatively easy to sync this way, except for
the initial sync of available newsgroups, because that can easily run in
the tens of thousands of groups.
For mail and RSS it wouldn't be so simple I'm afraid - but you can already
use IMAP for mail.
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RFOG
For newsgroups will be enough.
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