From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7528815800A for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:33:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EF2C8E0CBB; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:33:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACFD4E0CAE for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:33:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01c.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qQS5O-00010c-Q2 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:33:18 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Email clients Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:33:18 +0100 Message-ID: <12261703.O9o76ZdvQC@wstn> In-Reply-To: References: <2313990.ElGaqSPkdT@wstn> <20230731001110.62ab44eb@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01c-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 724997ef-3ff9-4f29-a4ac-06d5a2c3ede5 X-Archives-Hash: b78c83d58de525d09bf99be235b7c4fd On Monday, 31 July 2023 08:34:05 BST Wols Lists wrote: > On 31/07/2023 00:11, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Jul 2023 23:53:39 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > >>> ... I use Claws 99% of the time, but occasionally run Thunderbird. > >>> Neither program cares that I have also used the other to read my > >>> mail. > >> > >> Ah, but you're using IMAP4 and leaving your emails on the server. I > >> don't want to do that. > > > > But you're running the IMAP server locally, so what difference does it > > make? It's just the way things have 'just growed'. I could start again with the server keeping the mails itself, but it's a good deal of work. > My server IS my workstation. And if *you* don't want to leave your mail > "centrally", why are you running a dovecot server? Because KMail is horribly buggy with POP3 and my ISP doesn't offer IMAP4. -- Regards, Peter.