[OT] offline mail user and syncing

[Andy Bennett]

Hi,

> i have a rather peculiar case involving an offline user, who has no
> possibility of internet given his location (satellite is too expensive).
> 
> there is power, and he has computer, and there is a "proxy" -- i.e.
> someone who passes once a day in the late afternoon, and picks up a usb
> key and takes it back into town to send contents as e-mails.
> 
> ideally, the proxy's computer would somehow sync with the usb disk, as
> well as the user's.
> 
> has anyone dealt with something similar?
> 
> with my sincerest thanks

How about moving a UUCP spool on the USB stick? ;-)

You could use something like rsync on "incoming" and "outgoing" folder.
Is it just for eMail? What format are the messages in?






Regards,
@ndy

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