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 3C34515800A for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2023 23:39:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D2F6E0BCD; Tue, 1 Aug 2023 23:39:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01b.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01b.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5229E0B51 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2023 23:39:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01b.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qQyxH-0003Pz-67 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Aug 2023 23:39:07 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Email clients Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:39:06 +0100 Message-ID: <3246525.aeNJFYEL58@wstn> In-Reply-To: <791ee897-d646-96b4-a83a-44b8178b4206@youngman.org.uk> References: <2313990.ElGaqSPkdT@wstn> <12257770.O9o76ZdvQC@wstn> <791ee897-d646-96b4-a83a-44b8178b4206@youngman.org.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-smarthost01b-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: dc8fa7ed-c472-41f2-b45e-b38c87a45ead X-Archives-Hash: 467ad6f43662e7a8c70cd01bdbd44558 On Tuesday, 1 August 2023 19:51:26 BST Wols Lists wrote: > So if Dovecot is serving IMAP4 to your workstation, the emails should be > in dovecot, and cached on your workstation. For my setup, they're stored > in dovecot, and cached in thunderbird ... Almost. KMail has a 'Download messages for offline use' option, which I've had set until now. > > My backup method is simple: I archive KMail's emails daily to a local > > disk, > > then shut the system down on a Sunday to back up the entire system to an > > external USB-3 disk. > > If kmail is caching them, chances are they're stashed away in the .kmail > directory or wherever, in some standard format, and you can just back > that up. Yes, I'm doing that. It now takes longer to make the backup because the emails have to be fetched from the server. > > The server is taken down on a Saturday for complete system backup, to > > another USB-3 disk. > > Perfect, they're now backed up all over the place :-) Quite so. :-) -- Regards, Peter.