Re: [gentoo-user] Email clients

[Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>]

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On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 12:23:47 +0100, Wols Lists wrote:

> > Hm. I already have Dovecot on my LAN server, because KMail is
> > horribly buggy with POP3, which is what my ISP offers. So fetchmail
> > -> postfix -> dovecot became necessary before I could use IMAP4 in
> > KMail.
> > 
> > All incoming emails are transferred to my workstation because I like
> > to have everything in one place and one backup.
> > 
> > Maybe I'll stick with KMail a bit longer...  
> 
> Well then, install Claws and try it - just point it at Dovecot. Okay, I 
> use Thunderbird, but there's no reason I have to - I run about 4 
> different instances of TB, all pointing at my Dovecot server, and all 
> mail is visible on all my computers - the server/workstation, my old 
> laptop, my new laptop, my wife's laptop when I borrow it, ...

Similarly, 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.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"If Micro built cars, the worlds population would be in decline"

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