On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:16:02 GMT, suse tpx60s
<suse_tpx60s@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>Wow those were quick replies.
>
>Bit confused now.
>caf4926, I tried that method and the folder shows up as a network
>folder in dolphin. The problem is that the network folders don't show up
>in the browse window on some apps so you cannot select it.
>
>ken_yap, so even mounting the folder as a SMB filesystem will probably
>not work either if it only works with apps assigned to work with such
>links.
>
>I'll expalin what I'm trying to do.
>We use Thunderbird for our mail and have a mail archive folder sitting
>on a XP server. We use this to store an archive of all our mail which
>can be accessed (read only) by all the mail users on the network.
>
>So in each Thunderbird client we have set the Local Folder location to
>point to the archive folder on the XP server. In XP it's no problem, the
>Windows version of TB will accept the remote location, you simply click
>browse and navigate to the remote folder. The problem is my Thunderbird
>under opensuse will not accept the remote location, clicking browse only
>shows the local file system and no remote folders so I wanted to create
>a local link to the folder of the server.
>
>Any ideas on how I can do this?

OK so far. But the problem description is not complete yet. IIRC XP
servers use IMAP servers by default. The Linux world uses POP clients
by default. Tbird can talk to both. But notice IMAP servers store
most everything on the server, and POP clients store all received mail
locally. There are other twists as well.
I learned this while trying to setup a local POP server for my
personal net. My ISP would only support this for a much more
expensive business account. I could not justify going there.