Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Mail client recommendation?

[Jean Magnan de Bornier <jean@bornier.net>]

j.romildo@gmail.com a écrit :
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 12:33:16PM +1200, Nick Rout wrote:
> 
>>[...]
>>My recommendation is setting up an imap server and accessing your emails
>>with whatever client comes to hand. Divorce the mbox/maildir
>>storage choice  from your client.
> 
> 
> I have several mbox mail folders with messages delivered by
> procmail. Many of them are for mailing list archiving on a per month
> base. Wouldn't these make it difficult to configure an imap server with
> access to all those mail folders?


No, your imap server will offer you to read any file or folder created 
by procmail; however you will have to subscribe to the new folders at 
the beginning of the month within your mail client.

> If not, do you recommend any imap server?

Dovecot is my choice, courier-imap is also quite good but perhaps slower


cheers,

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