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) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B2EFD15800A for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2023 11:01:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E4CAFE0B66; Sat, 29 Jul 2023 11:01:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01a.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01a.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91E2AE0B50 for ; Sat, 29 Jul 2023 11:01:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01a.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qPhhJ-0006L7-Vq for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 29 Jul 2023 11:01:22 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Email clients Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2023 12:01:21 +0100 Message-ID: <5702644.DvuYhMxLoT@wstn> In-Reply-To: <20230729075621.65cc9ea9@digimed.co.uk> References: <2313990.ElGaqSPkdT@wstn> <20230729075621.65cc9ea9@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-smarthost01a-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 919bbc70-e848-4974-8640-93c86edc1de8 X-Archives-Hash: f64039ae934ceb31dab4bfe6a69de7f3 On Saturday, 29 July 2023 07:56:21 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jul 2023 01:29:59 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Claws mail is often mentioned hereabouts, and I'd like to try it, but > > first I'd need to export KMail's 20-odd-year maildir history to mbox > > format. Is it enough to run KMail's Import/Export Data tool to do this? > > It should be, on the face of it, but I'm suspicious (consider me > > paranoid if you like). > > Claws works with maildir. However, I'd also recommend setting up Dovecot > locally, then you can try as many mail clients as you want without having > to worry about where the mails are sotred or in what format. 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... -- Regards, Peter.