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Remot configuration synchronisation

Mahogany can automatically save a subset of its configuration settings in a mailbox at program exit and automatically retrieve that information the next time it is started up. This option becomes useful if you are using the program from different systems, e.g. if sometimes from the office and some other times from home over a dialup link. In this case, you can save some settings in a special IMAP mailbox and tell the program to use this for some of the settings. Like that, you can share the program settings no matter from where you run Mahogany and you do not need to manually adjust both configurations.

To use this option, first create a mailbox on an IMAP server. Do not use a POP3 server, as the program cannot store information via POP3, IMAP is required for this to work. Then, activate the ``Sync options with remote server'' setting and choose which settings you wish to share. Currently supported are:


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Charlie & 2001-04-19