I used to do this also, but have since just put them on my linux
partition because 1. I rarely use windows on this machine anymore, 2. I
hate FAT32, and 3. Thunderbird would have to rebuild summaries or
something every time I opened a folder for the first time (including on
startup). If I was to still share it, though, I would do what I'm now
doing on my desktop: make the FAT32 partition into an ext2 partition,
and get the driver for windows at
http://www.fs-driver.org . Excellent,
easy to use, minimal problems, and I don't think you'd have any of the
issues of FAT32's suckiness. ;) You could also make it ext3, but either
way Windows would use it as an ext2 (w/o journaling for filesystem
stability).
-Dan
Thanks, I didnt know about this driver. Will check it out. I hope it
wont create a mess on the partition.